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Woodlot owners say N.B. pricing system keeps them from cashing in on high lumber demand
Allege system hides true price for private wood
· CBC News · Posted: Nov 16, 2020 6:30 AM AT
Bruce Colpitts on one of his family's woodlots in Shannon. 'Costs have not gone down,' he says. (Graham Thompson, CBC)
About 7,000 vehicles a day pass the billboard on New Brunswick Route 1 at Sussex.
'We're buying wood!', it announces, with a link to the J.D. Irving Ltd. website and a phone number: 855-WOODLOT.
In the background stands the JDI sawmill, with long rows of stacked logs.
Dialling that number is one of a handful of ways woodlot owners can get their timber to the province's biggest buyer.
If you sign a contract with the company, you can collect $64.25 a metric tonne for spruce studwood logs used to make two-by-fours.
It's a rate that is maddeningly low for those woodlot owners who are selling logs. And it hasn't budged despite booming lumber sales in North America this year.
These private wood sellers see the price as a symptom of a broken system, where some are quietly paid more for their logs, and an abundance of trees available to mills from Crown land prevents the majority from cashing in when times are good.
J.D. Irving Ltd. sends a message to woodlot owners from a billboard at Sussex. (Graham Thompson/CBC)
About 40 minutes to the west of Sussex, at his family farm in Shannon, one of those private growers, Bruce Colpitts, recalls some wisdom shared 20 years ago by his wife's grandfather, Lawrence McCrea.
"He said, 'Look after the land and the land will look after you,'" said Colpitts. "Well, 20 years ago the price of studwood was about $80 a tonne. Today that exact same product purchased here is $65 a tonne.
"And I guarantee you our costs have not gone down."
Across the provincial border, Nova Scotia woodlot owners are collecting $75 to $93 a tonne for the same wood at the gates to their mills.
Not easy to sell in Nova Scotia
Those higher prices, triggered in part by a COVID-related jump in demand for lumber, aren't being realized by New Brunswick tree growers who don't see hauling the wood to Nova Scotia as an easy remedy.
Not only are there added travel costs to reach that province's mills, but U.S. tariffs on New Brunswick's lumber make it more difficult to process that wood.
Nova Scotia is exempt from U.S. lumber tariffs, a status New Brunswick also enjoyed until May 2017, when the U.S. concluded the rising share of Crown wood being consumed in this province was distorting the market, acting as an unfair subsidy to our mills.
A 20.8 per cent tariff was slapped on lumber originating in New Brunswick. JDI was targeted at a lower rate, 9.9 per cent.
Softwood logs await transport on a New Brunswick woods road. Prices for private woodlot owners are considerably lower than they were 20 years ago. (Graham Thompson, CBC)
So while the quality of Nova Scotia logs is no different than those of New Brunswick, they require a completely separate accounting system.
"They can't run it through the mill with the Nova Scotia wood," said Neil Silliker, general manager of the South East New Brunswick Forest Products Marketing Board, whose members, overwhelmingly family woodlot owners, have the best shot at capitalizing on higher prices across the provincial border. "They've got to clean all the New Brunswick sawdust, chips, lumber out of the mill in order to run Nova Scotia wood again."
As a result mills in that province have a preference for local logs, if they're available.
Cheaper New Brunswick wood has also held down prices at those Maine mills closest to our border, making the trip there less attractive to many sellers, according to the Carlton Victoria Forest Products Marketing Board in Florenceville.
Two-tier system
But groups representing the province's woodlot owners have long claimed the biggest reason prices are being held down at home is that the largest mill owners have access to similar trees in the grandest woodlot of all, the taxpayer-owned Crown forest.
The price paid by those companies for trees taken from Crown land are based on the private market, in other words, on how much woodlot owners can fetch for their trees.
The woodlot groups claim there's a two-tier system. On one side, low prices paid to private landowners keep Crown wood prices in check. On the other, harvesting contractors, who have established relationships with the mills are being paid premium prices for logs. And those premiums aren't being shared with the landowner and aren't being disclosed to the New Brunswick Forest Products Commission, the arm's-length panel overseeing the private wood market and keeping track of prices.
"There's a lot of things happening that no one is tracking," said Rick Doucett, president of the New Brunswick Federation of Woodlot Owners. And so it's very difficult to know for sure what's happening out there, and what's fair and not fair."
U.S. trade rules mean Nova Scotia mills have to store, saw and account for New Brunswick logs separate from their own. (Nicolas Steinbach, Radio-Canada)
In her October report, Auditor General Kim Adair–MacPherson, said only 20 to 30 per cent of the approximately 200 larger harvesting contractors respond to surveys on stumpage prices sent to them by the Commission.
There is no enforcement, even though it is required by law.
Her report recommends the province enforce the rule, or find a new way to get a more complete picture of that part of the market.
She also noted the province doesn't have a written definition for what constitutes fair market value for Crown stumpage, and that the province hasn't adjusted Crown timber rates, as required annually by law, since 2015.
Even so, to the dismay of private woodlot owners, Adair–MacPherson concluded the system for tracking private wood sales to set Crown wood rates is 'statistically sound' and a significant improvement over methods used in the past.
At the commission, executive director Tim Fox said
the study on private tree sales examines 18,000 transactions, 60 per
cent of which are between contractors and woodlot owners providing an
"accurate reflection" of the market overall.
Prices for New Brunswick logs remained largely stable despite sharp increases in lumber prices this summer. (Graham Thompson, CBC)
He said it is up to woodlot owners to ensure they are getting a good price for their trees by educating themselves about the market, something the province's woodlot marketing boards should be helping with.
"There may be certain cases where there may be [harvesting contractors] receiving a premium from a mill and not sharing a proportion (or any) of that premium with the woodlot owner when they could," said Fox. "When, or if that is the case, those wood producers directly contribute to keeping average stumpage rates lower."
Representatives from the majority of the province's marketing boards disagree with Adair-MacPherson's conclusion that the stumpage study, for the most part, is working.
At the Carlton Victoria Forest Products Marketing Board, Chair Andrew Clark says the Auditor General's team wasn't given the right numbers.
Is the data right?
"There's an old saying about computers, you know, garbage in, garbage out," said Clark. "We dispute entirely the fact that they can establish or pay a royalty rate based on these, on this stumpage data."
Mike Holland, the New Brunswick minister of natural resources and energy says he has confidence in the private wood prices survey. But he is on record saying there's work to be done on the province's forest management system. He's beefed up funding to allow the Forest Products Commission to add more staff to expand and speed up data gathering.
That, he said, will make the system more transparent, reassuring both international trade partners and the province's private woodlot sector.
An organization representing the province's mills says New Brunswick's private wood market is secure and stable, featuring sales between 'willing buyers and willing sellers, free from high price volatility seen elsewhere.
In the meantime questions are being raised about the whereabouts of a Deloitte study commissioned by the province in 2018.
Its mandate was to examine the forest products market in New Brunswick and in other comparable markets, and do an analysis of the "process and methodology" used to determine Crown wood rates.
The woodlot groups contributed to the study and have requested, without success, to see the final report.
A spokesperson for the Department of Natural Resources and Energy said the report is being reviewed and will be released in early 2021.
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See for yourself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNUiUT5aLZc&feature=emb_title
They never did never will bad management is the conservatives way
This is definitely bipartisan chicanery.
Im not in any political party and you cannot denial Alward disaster forest plan who made sure of the long term destruction of NB forest and wildlife
Sammy Kofax
Methinks Higgy et al are well aware that I am Happy Happy Happy stress testing legions of unethical politicians, lawyers and cops on a daily basis N'esy Pas?
Try telling that to those demanding rent controls.
Except for the fact that most ppl either don't vote, or vote for something other than the blue/red uniparty.
Forest Products Marketing Boards
Carleton-Victoria Forest Products Marketing Board
151 Perkins Way
Florenceville, NB, E7L 3P6
Telephone: (506) 392-5584
Fax: (506) 392-8290
Web: www.cvwpa.ca
E-mail: info@cvwpa.ca
Chairman: Andrew Clark
Vice Chairman: Roy McLellan
2nd Vice: Lee Reed
Secretary/Treasurer: Randall Rioux
Manager: Linda Bell
Silviculture Manager: Chantal Cote-DeMerchant
Madawaska Forest Products Marketing Board
640 boulevard Isidore-Boucher
St-Jaques, N-B, E7B 1Y4
Telephone: (506) 739-9585
Fax: (506) 739-0859
E-mail: odvdm@nbnet.nb.ca
Chairman: Charles Albert
Vice Chairman: Sylvain Grondin
Secretary/Treasurer: Richard Nadeau
Manager: Diane Landry
Silviculture Manager : Rodrigue Bellefleur
North Shore Forest Products Marketing Board
2807 Miramichi Avenue, P. O. Box 386
Bathurst, NB, E2A 3Z3
Telephone: (506) 548-8958
Fax: (506) 548-1165
E-mail: nsfpmb@nbnet.nb.ca
Chairman: Mario Comeau
Vice: Danny Murphy
Secretary/Treasurer: Paul Robichaud
Manager: Patrick Doucet
Silviculture: Patrick Doucet
Northumberland County Forest Products Marketing Board
271 McMurdo Street, Industrial Park
P. O. Box 494, Miramichi, NB, E1V 3M6
Telephone: (506) 622-7733
Fax: (506) 622-6317
E-mail: nwoodlot@nb.aibn.com
Chairman: Kenny English
Vice: Norman Richardson
2nd Vice: Dale Brennan
Secretary/Treasurer: Gilbert Campbell
Manager: Paula Creamer
Silviculture: Kevin Forgrave
South East New Brunswick Forest Products Marketing Board
3384 Route 132, Scoudouc
P. O. Box 5074, Shediac, NB, E4P 8T8
Telephone: (506) 532-1150
Fax: (506) 532-6500
E-mail: senbmb@nbnet.nb.ca
Chairman: Gérald Dupuis
Vice: Paul Gaudet
Secretary: Gerard Dupuis
Manager: Neil Silliker
Silviculture Manager: Steven Spears
Southern New Brunswick Forest Products Marketing Board
13 Drurys Cove Road
P. O. Box 4473, Sussex, NB, E4E 5L6
Telephone: (506) 433-9860
Fax: (506) 433-3623
Web: www.snbfpmb.ca
E-mail: chris.spencer@snbfpmb.ca
Chairman: John Sabine
Vice Chairman : William Richards
Treasurer: Bruce Colpitts
Secretary: Luther MacCallum
General Manager: Chris Spencer
Silviculture Manager: Chris Spencer
York-Sunbury-Charlotte Forest Products Marketing Board
680 Strickland Lane
P.O. Box 424-Stn A
Fredericton, NB, E3B 4Z9
Telephone: (506) 444-6644
Fax: (506) 444-6630
Web Site: www.yscnb.ca
E-mail: yscfredericton@yscnb.ca
Chairman: Dale Mowry
Vice: Gaetan Bolduc
Secretary/Treasurer: Vacant
Manager: Jeff Sode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8HNzaABZww&ab_channel=StopSprayinginNBSSNB
Political Debate on Forestry Related Concerns / Solutions (Video 1/2)
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 20:52:52 -0400
Subject: ATTN David Duncan Young I just met your nasty little buddy
Chris Spencer of SNB tonight
To: david.young@mcinnescooper.com, snb@nb.aibn.com,
devans@coxandpalmer.com, markandcaroline <markandcaroline@gmail.com>,
Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, news <news@kingscorecord.com>,
nbfwo@nb.aibn.com, news <news@dailygleaner.com>, "steve.murphy"
<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, "brian.gallant" <brian.gallant@gnb.ca>,
"Davidc.Coon" <Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, davidcoon
<davidcoon@greenpartynb.ca>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>, leader
<leader@greenparty.pe.ca>, leader <leader@greenparty.bc.ca>,
"serge.rousselle" <serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
http://www.snbwc.ca/index.html
https://www.mcinnescooper.com/
https://ca.gofundme.com/legal-
Manager: Susannah Banks
680 Strickland Lane,
Fredericton, NB E3C 0B5
(506) 459-2990
Email nbfwo@nb.aibn.com
Legal Defense Fund;Private Woodlots
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 13:40:21 -0400
Subject: Attn Douglas A.M. Evans, QC RE JDI vs SNB I just called your
cell phone and left a voicemail introducing myself Correct?
To: devans@coxandpalmer.com, david.young@mcinnescooper.com,
psteep@mccarthy.ca, jean.bertin@gnb.ca, keith.mary@jdirving.com,
pfolkins@snbwc.ca, Krishna.K@avg.adityabirla.com,
daniel.wilcock@canada.ca, "rick.doucet" <rick.doucet@gnb.ca>,
nbfwo@nb.aibn.com, "Hon.Chrystia.Freeland"
<Hon.Chrystia.Freeland@canada.
<Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca
<david.wilkins@nelsonmullins.
<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "Jack.Keir" <Jack.Keir@gnb.ca>, "greg.byrne"
<greg.byrne@gnb.ca>, jcharest@mccarthy.ca, "Larry.Tremblay"
<Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
markandcaroline <markandcaroline@gmail.com>, andre
<andre@jafaust.com>, COCMoncton <COCMoncton@gmail.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<brian.gallant@gnb.ca>, briangallant10 <briangallant10@gmail.com>,
"David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, "Davidc.Coon"
<Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, "randy.mckeen" <randy.mckeen@gnb.ca>,
"mckeen.randy" <mckeen.randy@gmail.com>, "blaine.higgs"
<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "jake.stewart" <jake.stewart@gnb.ca>,
"kirk.macdonald" <kirk.macdonald@gnb.ca>, BrianThomasMacdonald
<BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.
http://www.coxandpalmerlaw.
Douglas A.M. Evans, QC
Acts as counsel in the Saint John office of Cox & Palmer
DIRECT LINE (506) 633-2757
Cell: (506) 640-0632
E-MAIL devans@coxandpalmer.com
Perhaps you should review my blog for the benefit of your clients the AV Group?
It appears to me they don't know how to read Engish. I know for a fact
that they do bother to answer emails or even return phone calls in
order to introduce me to their lawyer Obviously I had to wait months
for CBC to spill the beans and tell us all who you are N'esy Pas
Premier Gallant, Mr Higgs and Mr Coon???
http://davidraymondamos3.
Saturday, 18 February 2017
Lets see if CBC allows me to post my comments agreeing with others and
their opinions of the Irving Empire
Need I say HMMM?
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From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 14:18:56 -0400
Subject: RE JDI vs SNB
To: psteep@mccarthy.ca, bdsaw@mccarthy.ca, jcharest@mccarthy.ca
Cc: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
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From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)" Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 16:10:07 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo Chucky Leblanc RE latest JDI lawsuit Here is scoop for
ya the media won't touch BTW I called your old pal Jeannot Volpe at
(506) 737 4436 and left voicemail just so he can't say I talked behind
his back N'esy Pas?
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be
assured that your email will be reviewed and if a response is
requested, it will be forthcoming.
Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du
Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel sera examiné
et qu’une réponse vous parviendra à sa demande.
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 11:09:19 -0400
Subject: Yo Chucky Leblanc RE latest JDI lawsuit Here is scoop for ya
the media won't touch BTW I called your old pal Jeannot Volpe at (506)
737 4436 and left voicemail just so he can't say I talked behind his
back N'esy Pas?
To: premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
"David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, woodlot@nbnet.nb.ca,
nsfpmb@nbnet.nb.ca, odvdm@nbnet.nb.ca, info@cvwpa.ca, david hughson
<david.hughson@fredericton.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, markandcaroline <markandcaroline@gmail.com>,
andre <andre@jafaust.com>, "terry.seguin" <terry.seguin@cbc.ca>,
COCMoncton <COCMoncton@gmail.com>, nmoore <nmoore@bellmedia.ca>,
newsroom <newsroom@globeandmail.ca>
https://411.ca/business/
JEANNOT VOLPE
314E RUE PRINCIPALE
Saint-Jacques
New Brunswick, Canada
E7B 1X3
Phone (506) 737-4436,
Need I say that the sneaky lawyer Brian Mosher knows why I found this
stuff VERY interesting?
http://www2.gnb.ca/content/
http://www2.gnb.ca/content/
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From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 08:58:09 -0400
Subject: Attn Jean Bertin (506 444-5298) RE JDI vs SNB We just talked
about what I heard and read in CBC this morning Here is the email I
promised
To: jean.bertin@gnb.ca, keith.mary@jdirving.com, pfolkins@snbwc.ca,
Krishna.K@avg.adityabirla.com, daniel.wilcock@canada.ca,
nbfwo@nb.aibn.com
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca
Trust that don't believe one word that Jeannot Volpé has to say on the topic.
Everybody knows that his former politcal boss Bernie Lord promised to
reverse the LIEbrano actions of changing the primary source of wood if
and when he won his first mandate and then the Conservatives NEVER
did.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
Industry dispute with wood marketing boards needs government action,
says ex-minister
Jeannot Volpé says marketing board should be 'primary source' of wood
for industry on trial basis
By Connell Smith, CBC News Posted: Feb 06, 2017 6:30 AM AT Last
Updated: Feb 06, 2017 6:30 AM AT
Jeannot Volpé, a former natural resources minister, says the province
should show leadership in the dispute between industry players and
private wood marketing boards
Jeannot Volpé, a former natural resources minister, says the province
should show leadership in the dispute between industry players and
private wood marketing boards (ICI.Radio-Canada)
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New Brunswick Crown Forestry Debate
J.D. Irving launches suit against woodlot groups
Irving continues to harvest Crown land despite ban
Low wood prices hurting rural economies, woodlot manager says
Former New Brunswick natural resources minister Jeannot Volpé says it
is time for the province to show leadership in the dispute between
industry and woodlot marketing boards.
Volpé says the government should consider a requirement that
industrial players like J.D. Irving, Limited. buy a portion of their
wood from New Brunswick's forest product marketing boards as a
condition for access to trees on Crown land.
hl-jeannot-volpe
Jeannot Volpé was minister in the Progressive Conservative government
of Bernard Lord that took office in 1999. (CBC)
The so-called "primary source" rule was abandoned in 1992 but should
be reintroduced on a trial basis, says Volpe, who was minister of
natural resources and energy from 1999 to 2003 in the Bernard Lord
government.
Volpé says a current lawsuit launched by J.D. Irving will only do more
damage to already struggling woodlot groups.
"Going to those courts costs a lot of money," said Volpé. "And for a
marketing board to invest $100,000 in a court case, it's a lot of
money. For a big company who will recover it over cheaper wood
long-term, it's an investment."
Lawsuit filed by J.D. Irving
J.D. Irving has filed a legal action against the SNB Forest Products
Marketing Board and the SNB Wood Co-operative.
The lawsuit asks the Court of Queen's Bench to declare a contract
between the SNB Forest Products Marketing Board and its sister group,
the SNB Wood Cooperative, unlawful.
It is the latest in a series of moves by J.D. Irving to break the hold
New Brunswick's wood marketing boards have over sales from private
woodlots.
At the root of the case is a January 2016 order issued by the
co-operative declaring that wood from private woodlots can only be
sold to the marketing board, and wood purchasers can only buy from the
board.
crown wood
Jeannot Volpé, a former natural resources minister, says province
should make industry players buy wood from marketing boards before
taking it from Crown land. (CBC)
The dispute dates back decades but the most recent round began in 2012
when J.D. Irving Ltd. stopped signing contracts to buy wood from the
SNB Forest Products Marketing Board.
Along the way, J.D. Irving Ltd. lost appeals to both the New Brunswick
Forest Products Commission and the New Brunswick Court of Appeal.
Despite those setbacks the company continues to contract wood sales
directly with private woodlot owners, rather than with SNB.
It has also filed a second appeal to the Forest Products Commission
arguing that the SNB board's order is not valid.
'It seems like industry's got all the cards.'
- Jeannot Volpé, ex-natural resources minister
Volpé says there have been times in past decades when marketing boards
failed to honour contracts made with the big companies.
But the pendulum, he says, has swung in the other direction.
"Right now it's moved to the other way around where it seems like
industry's got all the cards," said Volpé. "This is for government to
decide and [they] don't seem to be ready to do it."
Irving defends its purchase record
In a written statement J.D. Irving vice-president Jason Limongelli
defended the lawsuit and the company's record of purchasing from
private woodlots.
"This is not a lawsuit against woodlot owners or wood producers," said
Limongelli. "The application is intended to prevent disruption to the
flow of private wood and protect the manner in which wood purchases
have been successfully conducted over the past number of years."
The company's allegations have not been tested in court.
J.D. Irving launches suit against woodlot groups
J.D. Irving and woodlot owners feud over price
J.D. Irving Ltd. loses private wood appeal
Limongelli goes on to say the company's purchase of private wood has
increased 200 per cent over the past 10 years.
"This year, JDI's private wood and stumpage purchase programs resulted
in a record volume of private wood purchases," said Limongelli.
"The company has purchased 46 per cent more wood than last year, and
are on track for the highest volume of private wood purchases in the
company's history."
J.D. Irving did not respond to a question by CBC News for the
company's position on the role of the forest product marketing boards.
Jean Bertin responded in an email on behalf of the government, which
he said supports "the current practices" for wood flow.
"Private wood harvest levels have steadily increased since 2010 and
continue to flow at high levels in 2016/17. Private woodlot volumes
have returned to similar levels experienced before the economic
downturn in 2007.
"With the current levels of private wood harvesting back to historic
levels, there does not appear to be a market issue."
Bertin said the closure of pulp mills has created an oversupply of
low-grade material in the Atlantic region and the province is looking
to find other uses for low-grade material.
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2017 04:39:38 -0400
Subject: Attn Krishna Khaitan RE Aditya Birla Group and the JDI
lawsuit Whereas you did not get back to me yesterday I called your HQ
in India today at 91-22-6652 5000
To: pragnya.ram@adityabirla.com, Krishna.K@avg.adityabirla.com,
premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
"David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, John.Pecman@canada.ca,
daniel.wilcock@canada.ca, arthur.carson@canada.ca,
keith.mary@jdirving.com, pfolkins@snbwc.ca,
pat.bourgoin@avg.adityabirla.
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<rick.doucet@gnb.ca>, gopublic <gopublic@cbc.ca>, newsroom
<newsroom@globeandmail.ca>
-----Original Message-----
From: Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 11:39 AM
To: David Amos
Subject: RE: Fwd: Attn Ricky Doucet and Brucey Northrup RE Windsor
Energy suing Brucey versus JDI suing SNB, my concerns about Hospira
versus A-48-16 and Donald Trump, Trudeau "The Younger" and everyone
else's concerns about NAFTA etc these dayz
Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be
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---------- Original message ----------
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Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 11:40 AM
To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Subject: Automatic reply: Fwd: Attn Ricky Doucet and Brucey Northrup
RE Windsor Energy suing Brucey versus JDI suing SNB, my concerns about
Hospira versus A-48-16 and Donald Trump, Trudeau "The Younger" and
everyone else's concerns about NAFTA etc these dayz
Je suis absent du bureau en ce moment sans l'acces au courrier
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Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 11:39 AM
To: David Amos
Subject: Re: Fw: Fwd: Attn Ricky Doucet and Brucey Northrup RE Windsor
Energy suing Brucey versus JDI suing SNB, my concerns about Hospira
versus A-48-16 and Donald Trump, Trudeau "The Younger" and everyone
else's concerns about NAFTA etc these dayz
Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received
Kveðja / Best regards
Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 13:59:29 -0400
Subject: Attn Ricky Doucet and Brucey Northrup RE Windsor Energy suing
Brucey versus JDI suing SNB, my concerns about Hospira versus A-48-16
and Donald Trump, Trudeau "The Younger" and everyone else's concerns
about NAFTA etc these dayz
To: "bruce.northrup" <bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>, "John.Pecman"
<John.Pecman@cb-bc.gc.ca>, John.Pecman@canada.ca,
daniel.wilcock@canada.ca, arthur.carson@canada.ca,
keith.mary@jdirving.com, pfolkins@snbwc.ca, ckeating@snbwc.ca,
rwebster@snbwc.ca, nbfwo@nb.aibn.com, yscfredericton@yscnb.ca,
"David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, Krishna.K@avg.adityabirla.com,
pat.bourgoin@avg.adityabirla.
lcsenb@nb.aibn.com, david <david@lutz.nb.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
"bill.pentney" <bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, "serge.rousselle"
<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, "denis.landry2" <denis.landry2@gnb.ca>,
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<postur@for.is>, "Andrew.Bailey" <Andrew.Bailey@fca.org.uk>,
"Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc" <Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca
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<premier@gnb.ca>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
Connell.Smith@cbc.ca, COCMoncton <COCMoncton@gmail.com>, andre
<andre@jafaust.com>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, "rick.doucet"
<rick.doucet@gnb.ca>, "Gilles.Blinn" <Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
"jan.jensen" <jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>, "david.hansen"
<david.hansen@justice.gc.ca>
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<James.Comey@ic.fbi.gov>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "bob.paulson"
<bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Does anyone Ricky Baby Doucet or anyone else recall this email???
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Doucet, Rick (LEG)" <Rick.Doucet@gnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 01:07:58 +0000
Subject: RE: Final Docs
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Will get right on this.
Always look forward to your brilliant thoughts.
R
Hon.Rick Doucet
Legislative member for Charlotte-the isles
28 Mt.Pleasant Rd.
St.George, N.B. E5C 3K4
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Well the far from Honourble LIEbrano Rick Doucet, Canada's he latest
Commissioner of Competition, John Pecman, his lawyers, CBC, their
lawyers, your buddies such as Mary Keith, Pam Folkins and David Coon
and YOU know as well as I that just like the AV Group I have the right
to intervene.
Canadian Leads and Contacts for NAFTA Committees and Working Groups
http://www.international.gc.
Lead: Arthur Carson
Competition Law Officer, Competition Bureau
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Tel: 514-283-9946
Email: arthur.carson@canada.ca
Daniel Wilcock
Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Competition, International Affairs Directorate
Competition Bureau
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Tel: 819-934-5646
Email: daniel.wilcock@canada.ca
http://www.cba.org/Sections/
Mandate
The International Committee keeps the Section members informed about
new laws, key cases, enforcement trends and policy developments of
interest in other jurisdictions, as well as foreign bar associations
and regulatory agency developments. The committee also coordinates the
preparation of comments and analyses of policy initiatives and
competition law developments in foreign countries with relevant
committees.
Daniel Wilcock
Vice-Chair/Vice-président
Email: daniel.wilcock@canada.ca
Website: www.cb-bc.gc.ca
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
J.D. Irving launches suit against woodlot groups
Legal action follows attempt by SNB board to assert authority over
wood purchases
By Connell Smith, CBC News Posted: Feb 02, 2017 6:30 AM AT
J.D. Irving Ltd. has launched a lawsuit against two groups
representing private woodlot owners in southern New Brunswick.
The outcome could have far-reaching implications for the way private
wood is bought and sold in New Brunswick and the price obtained by
individual woodlot owners.
The lawsuit asks the Court of Queen's Bench to declare a contract
between the SNB Forest Products Marketing Board and its sister group,
the SNB Wood Cooperative, unlawful.
At the root of the case is a 2015 order issued by the co-operative
declaring that wood from private woodlots can only be sold to the
marketing board, and wood purchasers can only buy from the board.
JDI stopped buying wood from SNB in 2012 but has been making deals
directly with woodlot owners within SNB's provincially designated
boundaries.
In its statement of claim, JDI says the SNB marketing board has
unlawfully delegated its powers to the SNB co-operative.
In issuing its order, SNB cited the province's Natural Products Act.
"JDI is directly and adversely affected by the unlawful delegation of
the SNB Board's powers and function to the Co-op," the company says in
its statement of claim.
Allegations not tested in court
The company's allegations have not been tested in court.
Another company, AV Group, with mills in Nackawick and Atholville, has
applied to be an intervener in the case, suggesting the implications
could be felt provincewide.
"It's going to be a challenging few years for the industry," said
Susannah Banks, manager of the New Brunswick Federation of Woodlot
Owners. "There is a move toward more direct contracts with brokers as
opposed to contracts with marketing boards."
Green Party Leader David Coon said woodlot owners are being hurt while
the province fails to enforce its own regulations specifying that a
fixed proportion of wood must be purchased from private woodlots
before Crown wood can be harvested.
"It's a classic case of injustice," said Coon.
"Can you imagine if family farmers were treated this way or lobster
fishermen were treated this way? There would be a revolution in parts
of New Brunswick."
It's an issue New Brunswick's auditor general, Kim MacPherson, waded
into in her 2015 report.
"We have concluded the Department of Natural Resources does not meet
its principal responsibilities under legislation respecting timber
supply from private forest lands," said the report.
"The Department's failure to comply with its own legislation and
provide leadership on private wood supply issues through a
well-defined role and clear objectives contributes to uncertainty for
private woodlot owners and conflicts within the marketing board
system."
Both SNB's general manager, Pam Folkins, and J.D. Irving's Mary Keith
said they cannot comment on the lawsuit because the matter is before
the courts.
Mary Keith
Vice President Communications
J.D. Irving, Limited
Saint John, NB
Phone: (506) 632-5122
Email: keith.mary@jdirving.com
SNB Wood Co-op Ltd.,
P.O. Box 4473
Sussex, New Brunswick,
E4E 5L6
Phone: 1-506-433-9860 / 1-888-762-1555
Fax: 1-506-433-3623
email: snb@nb.aibn.com
http://www.av-group.ca/en/news
http://nbwoodlotowners.ca/
Board Members
Rick Doucett, President
Jean Guy Comeau, Vice President
John Sabine, Secretary/Treasurer
Patrick Doucet
Marcel Maillet
Rodney Mott
Linda Bell
Dick Bellefleur
Phone: (506) 459-2990
Email: nbfwo@nb.aibn.com
Furthermore I still can intervene in this matter as well N'esy Pas
Premier Gallant?
http://www.cbc.ca/shift/2014/
Monday August 18, 2014
Connell Smith Has Details On Windsor Energy Suing Province
The president of Calgary's Windsor Energy is suing the provincial
government and former Natural Resources Minister Bruce Northrup for
over 100 million dollars.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
Windsor Energy's $105M lawsuit against province suffers blow
Court rules many claims against government, Bruce Northrup fall
outside legal limits
CBC News Posted: Nov 10, 2015 11:32 AM AT
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
Bruce Northrup seeks appeal of ruling Windsor Energy's testing in
Sussex was legal
Former natural resources minister asking New Brunswick Court of Appeal
to hear appeal of Nov. 3 decision
By Alan White, CBC News Posted: Dec 01, 2016 3:43 PM AT
Former natural resources minister Bruce Northrup is asking New
Brunswick's highest court to hear an appeal of a recent decision that
Windsor Energy Inc.'s seismic testing in Sussex in 2011 was legal.
Northrup is being sued by the oil and gas company and its president,
Khalid Amin, for $105 million in damages for publicly stating the
company violated the provincial Oil and Natural Gas Act by carrying
out seismic testing in Sussex without permission from the
municipality.
However, in a Nov. 3 decision, Court of Queen's Bench Justice Judy
Clendening ruled municipal permission wasn't needed because the
company's permit had the authorization of the provincial
Transportation Department to test within the right-of-way of Highway
1, which runs through Sussex and is where the testing was being
carried out.
Windsor Energy's 2011 seismic testing in Sussex was legal: judge
"It is clear that the plaintiffs did not need prior written consent
from the municipality," Clendening said in her decision.
"The plaintiffs do not require consent unless the testing is carried
out on municipal land."
The word 'or' at issue
Clendening's ruling dealt with the interpretation of Section 17 (1) of
the Oil and Natural Gas Act. It states a company with a permit shall
not work:
Within the bounds of a municipality unless it has the
municipality's consent in writing, or
Within any highway right-of-way without the written consent of the
district transportation engineer.
hi-nb-windsor-energy
Windsor Energy carried out seismic testing in the right-of-way for
Highway 1 in Sussex in 2011 with the authorization of the
transportation department.
Clendening ruled that because of the "or" in the subsection,
permission is needed from either the municipality or the
transportation department, not from both.
Northup's lawyers are now asking the New Brunswick Court of Appeal to
hear an appeal of that decision. They contend Clendenning made errors
in law by:
Failing to read the words of Section 17 (1) of the Oil and Natural
Gas Act "in their grammatical and ordinary sense."
Substituting "on municipal land" for the phrase "within the bounds
of a municipality
Substituting the "New Brunswick Highway Corporation" for the
"district transportation engineer"
Interpreting the word "or" between paragraphs (a) and (b) of the
subsection as being exclusive and prioritizing (b) over (a).
Arguments on Northrup's motion seeking leave to appeal the ruling are
to be heard by a justice of the Court of Appeal on Dec. 12.
Amin not surprised
Windsor Energy Inc. president and CEO Khalid Amin is not surprised
Bruce Northrup is asking for an appeal to be heard of a recent ruling
that his company's seismic testing in Sussex in 2011 was legal. (CBC)
Northrup's request for an appeal to be heard doesn't surprise Amin.
"We certainly expected that," Amin said. "Obviously, I would say
[Clendening's ruling] is detrimental to their defence.
"If we didn't violate the Oil and Natural Gas Act as they allege, he's
gone out of his way to harm Windsor Energy by making statements and
then taking the file to the RCMP.
Bruce Northrup stands by his actions in Windsor Energy dispute
N.B. files RCMP complaint against Windsor Energy
"He was coming after us pretty heavy in the media and that made
national news, not just local New Brunswick news."
The initial lawsuit for defamation, injurious falsehood and
misfeasance in public office also named the provincial government as a
respondent, but Windsor Energy and Amin agreed to drop the province
from the lawsuit after another court ruling found their claims fall
outside the type of claims permitted under the Proceedings Against the
Crown Act.
Amin said dropping the province doesn't change the damages being
sought from Northrup, who was acting as a minister of the Crown.
"That doesn't change at all, but obviously that's up to a judge
ordering a judgment," said Amin.
"There's a lot of room between where we are today and what that would entitle."
The statement of claim in the lawsuit states negative publicity
resulting from the case drove away potential investors, which led to
the company losing its exploration licences.
I know that you people and CBC think I am joke. However I think even
less of you. It seems to me that you people wish forget that you draw
your fancy wages and later collect big pensions sourced from the tax
dollars of my fellow Canadains who you purportedly serve in an ethical
fashion YEA Right just like the old document hereto attached attests..
http://www.cbc.ca/shift/2014/
Monday August 18, 2014
Connell Smith Has Details On Windsor Energy Suing Province
The president of Calgary's Windsor Energy is suing the provincial
government and former Natural Resources Minister Bruce Northrup for
over 100 million dollars.
http://www.av-group.ca/en/news
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
At leasty your hero Trump the lastest Yankee president cannot deny
what the local Irving news rag reported about my words about NAFTA and
Forestry etc many moons ago EH Mr Wannabe jouralist Chucky Leblanc?
These words can still be found within your old blog about GOLD being
found in Sussex. N'esy Pas?
BTW Its funny how the Hollywood Movie called GOLD changes a Canadian
story about our crooked Stock Market and the corrupt RCMP and changes
it to a story about the Yankee Stock Market and the corrupt FBI EH
James Comey?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Does anyone recall what I said about gold during the last election?
Found Gold in New Brunswick!!!
Charles LeBlanc
5,598 views
Published on Jun 18, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://oldmaison.blogspot.ca/
Thursday, September 29, 2005
SUSSEX - GOLD FOUND AND BERNARD LORD'S OPINION!!!!
Raising a Little Hell- Lively Debate Provokes Crowd
By Erin Hatfield
"If you don't like what you got, why don't you change it? If your
world is all screwed up, rearrange it."
The 1979 Trooper song Raise a Little Hell blared on the speakers at
the 8th Hussars Sports Center Friday evening as people filed in to
watch the Fundy candidates debate the issues. It was an accurate, if
unofficial, theme song for the debate.
The crowd of over 200 spectators was dwarfed by the huge arena, but as
they chose their seats, it was clear the battle lines were drawn.
Supporters of Conservative candidate Rob Moore naturally took the blue
chairs on the right of the rink floor while John Herron's Liberalswent
left. There were splashes of orange, supporters of NDP Pat Hanratty,
mixed throughout. Perhaps the loudest applause came from a row towards
the back, where supporters of independent candidate David Amos sat.
The debate was moderated by Leo Melanson of CJCW Radio and was
organized by the Sussex Valley Jaycees. Candidates wereasked a barrage
of questions bypanelists Gisele McKnight of the Kings County Record
and Lisa Spencer of CJCW.
Staying true to party platforms for the most part, candidates
responded to questions about the gun registry, same sex marriage, the
exodus of young people from the Maritimes and regulated gas prices.
Herron and Moore were clear competitors,constantly challenging each
other on their answers and criticizing eachothers’ party leaders.
Hanratty flew under the radar, giving short, concise responses to the
questions while Amos provided some food for thought and a bit of comic
relief with quirky answers. "I was raised with a gun," Amos said in
response to the question of thenational gun registry. "Nobody's
getting mine and I'm not paying 10 cents for it."
Herron, a Progressive Conservative MP turned Liberal, veered from his
party'splatform with regard to gun control. "It was ill advised but
well intentioned," Herron said. "No matter what side of the house I am
on, I'm voting against it." Pat Hanratty agreed there were better
places for the gun registry dollars to be spent.Recreational hunters
shouldn't have been penalized by this gun registry," he said.
The gun registry issues provoked the tempers of Herron and Moore. At
one point Herron got out of his seat and threw a piece of paper in
front of Moore. "Read that," Herron said to Moore, referring to the
voting record of Conservative Party leader Steven Harper. According to
Herron, Harper voted in favour of the registry on the first and second
readings of the bill in 1995. "He voted against it when it counted, at
final count," Moore said. "We needa government with courage to
register sex offenders rather than register the property of law
abiding citizens."
The crowd was vocal throughout the evening, with white haired men and
women heckling from the Conservative side. "Shut up John," one woman
yelled. "How can you talk about selling out?" a man yelled whenHerron
spoke about his fear that the Conservatives are selling farmers out.
Although the Liberal side was less vocal, Kings East MLA Leroy
Armstrong weighed in at one point. "You’re out of touch," Armstrong
yelled to Moore from the crowd when the debate turned to the cost of
post-secondary education. Later in the evening Amos challenged
Armstrong to a public debate of their own. "Talk is cheap. Any time,
anyplace," Armstrong responded.
As the crowd made its way out of the building following the debate,
candidates worked the room. They shook hands with well-wishers and
fielded questions from spectators-all part of the decision-making
process for the June 28 vote.
Cutline – David Amos, independent candidate in Fundy, with some of his
favourite possessions—motorcycles.
McKnight/KCR
The Unconventional Candidate
David Amos Isn’t Campaigning For Your Vote, But….
By Gisele McKnight
FUNDY—He has a pack of cigarettes in his shirt pocket, a chain on his
wallet, a beard at least a foot long, 60 motorcycles and a cell phone
that rings to the tune of "Yankee Doodle."
Meet the latest addition to the Fundy ballot—David Amos.
The independent candidate lives in Milton, Massachusetts with his wife
and two children, but his place of residence does not stop him from
running for office in Canada.
One has only to be at least 18, a Canadian citizen and not be in jail
to meet Elections Canada requirements.
When it came time to launch his political crusade, Amos chose his
favourite place to do so—Fundy.
Amos, 52, is running for political office because of his
dissatisfaction with politicians.
"I’ve become aware of much corruption involving our two countries," he
said. "The only way to fix corruption is in the political forum."
The journey that eventually led Amos to politics began in Sussex in
1987. He woke up one morning disillusioned with life and decided he
needed to change his life.
"I lost my faith in mankind," he said. "People go through that
sometimes in midlife."
So Amos, who’d lived in Sussex since 1973, closed his Four Corners
motorcycle shop, paid his bills and hit the road with Annie, his 1952
Panhead motorcycle.
"Annie and I rode around for awhile (three years, to be exact)
experiencing the milk of human kindness," he said. "This is how you
renew your faith in mankind – you help anyone you can, you never ask
for anything, but you take what they offer."
For those three years, they offered food, a place to sleep, odd jobs
and conversation all over North America.
Since he and Annie stopped wandering, he has married, fathered a son
and a daughter and become a house-husband – Mr. Mom, as he calls
himself.
He also describes himself in far more colourful terms—a motorcyclist
rather than a biker, a "fun-loving, free-thinking, pig-headed
individual," a "pissed-off Maritimer" rather than an activist, a proud
Canadian and a "wild colonial boy."
Ironically, the man who is running for office has never voted in his life.
"But I have no right to criticize unless I offer my name," he said.
"It’s alright to bitch in the kitchen, but can you walk the walk?"
Amos has no intention of actively campaigning.
"I didn’t appreciate it when they (politicians) pounded on my door
interrupting my dinner," he said. "If people are interested, they can
call me. I’m not going to drive my opinions down their throats."
And he has no campaign budget, nor does he want one.
"I won’t take any donations," he said. "Just try to give me some. It’s
not about money. It goes against what I’m fighting about."
What he’s fighting for is the discussion of issues – tainted blood,
the exploitation of the Maritimes’ gas and oil reserves and NAFTA, to
name a few.
"The political issues in the Maritimes involve the three Fs – fishing,
farming and forestry, but they forget foreign issues," he said. "I’m
death on NAFTA, the back room deals and free trade. I say chuck it
(NAFTA) out the window.
NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which allows an
easier flow of goods between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Amos disagrees with the idea that a vote for him is a wasted vote.
"There are no wasted votes," he said. "I want people like me,
especially young people, to pay attention and exercise their right.
Don’t necessarily vote for me, but vote."
Although…if you’re going to vote anyway, Amos would be happy to have
your X by his name.
"I want people to go into that voting booth, see my name, laugh and
say, ‘what the hell.’"
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 16:49:33 -0400
Subject: BTW This by Justice Stratas et al decision was why I was calling
To: rraizenne@osler.com, Simon.Petit@justice.gc.ca, lscheim@osler.com,
ameghji@osler.com, marie-andree.legault@justice.
Philippe.Dupuis@justice.gc.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.
<hon.jane.philpott@canada.ca>
http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Legault, Marie-Andrée" <Marie-Andree.Legault@justice.
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 20:20:00 +0000
Subject: Réponse automatique : RE Hospira and A-48-16 I just called
you folks my concerns about the document hereto attached Please Enjoy
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Je serai absente du bureau jusqu'au 20 décembre 2016. Vous pouvez
contacter mon adjointe Marie-Laure Navay au 514-283-7866. I will be
out of the office until December 20,2016. You may contact my assistant
Nancy Madore at 514-283-7866
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 16:19:52 -0400
Subject: Fwd: RE Hospira and A-48-16 I just called you folks my
concerns about the document hereto attached Please Enjoy
To: rraizenne@osler.com, Simon.Petit@justice.gc.ca, lscheim@osler.com,
ameghji@osler.com, marie-andree.legault@justice.
Philippe.Dupuis@justice.gc.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.
<hon.jane.philpott@canada.ca>
Federal Court of Appeal grants minister of health the right to be wrong
October 24, 2016
https://gowlingwlg.com/en/
Federal Court of Appeal simplifies the standard of review of
prothonotary decisions
https://www.osler.com/en/
http://www.canadianlawlist.
Justice Canada
Tax Litigation Directorate, Complexe Guy-Favreau,
9e étage
200 boul. René-Lévesque o.
Montréal, Québec H2Z 1X4
Phone: 514-283-8002
Fax: 514-283-3103
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 13:25:37 -0400
Subject: Fwd: RE Hospira and A-48-16 I just called you folks my
concerns about the document hereto attached Please Enjoy
To: warren@sprigings.com
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Póstur FOR
>>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:05:47 +0000
>>> Subject: Re: Hey Premier Gallant please inform the questionable
>>> parliamentarian Birigtta Jonsdottir that although NB is a small "Have
>>> Not" province at least we have twice the population of Iceland and
>>> that not all of us are as dumb as she and her Prime Minister pretends
>>> to be..
>>> To: David Amos
>>>
>>> Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received
>>>
>>> Kveðja / Best regards
>>> Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office
>>>
>>>
>>> This is the docket
>>>
>>> http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
>>>
>>> These are digital recordings of the last two hearings
>>>
>>> Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/
>>>
>>> Jan 11th https://archive.org/details/
>>>
>>> This me running for a seat in Parliament again while CBC denies it again
>>>
>>> Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local
>>> Campaign, Rogers TV
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>>>
>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>>>
>>> Veritas Vincit
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>> 902 800 0369
>>>
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 11:13:28 -0400
Subject: OH MY MY I presume that the RCMP and the rest of you all
thought I was joking last year N'esy Pas Gilles Moreau, Gilles Blinn,
Serge Rousselle and Brucy Baby Northrup?
To: "Gilles.Moreau" <Gilles.Moreau@forces.gc.ca>, oldmaison
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, sallybrooks25 <sallybrooks25@yahoo.ca>,
markandcaroline <markandcaroline@gmail.com>, andre
<andre@jafaust.com>, COCMoncton <COCMoncton@gmail.com>,
fmcelman@stewartmckelvey.com, "serge.rousselle"
<serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>, "bruce.northrup" <bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>,
jmarks@stewartmckelvey.com, darouse@porlaw.com, "Gilles.Blinn"
<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
"Davidc.Coon" <Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, "Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc"
<Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca
<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>, "Mark.Wright"
<Mark.Wright@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, david <david@lutz.nb.ca>,
"Alaina.Lockhart" <Alaina.Lockhart@parl.gc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<BrianThomasMacdonald@gmail.
<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, nmoore <nmoore@bellmedia.ca>, premier
<premier@gnb.ca>, "Paul.Lynch" <Paul.Lynch@edmontonpolice.ca>
<premier@gov.ab.ca>, "graham.milner" <graham.milner@sussex.ca>,
bbachrach <bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net>, washington.field@ic.fbi.gov,
"Boston.Mail" <Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>, DJT <DJT@trumporg.com>, dgann
<dgann@vitp.ca>, mcohen <mcohen@trumporg.com>, Stephen.Horsman@gnb.ca,
"randy.mckeen" <randy.mckeen@gnb.ca>, "mckeen.randy"
<mckeen.randy@gmail.com>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "justin.trudeau.a1"
<justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>
<briangallant10@gmail.com>, "hon.ralph.goodale"
<hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>, sunrayzulu <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>,
"alan.white" <alan.white@cbc.ca>
Davey Boy lutz and Brucey Baby Northrup and their bible pounding pals
Rob Moore, Graham Milner and Mark Wright the ex radio host/Town
Councilor/Liebrano.and their many buddies in the RCMP must recall what
I said on the local radio station in Sussex two days before polling
day las year N'esy Pas prime Minister Trudeau "The Younger" and Mr
President elect Donald Trump???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The CROWN Versus Mean Old Me
David Amos
Published on Oct 18, 2015
Just Listen or Read
http://davidraymondamos3.
http://thedavidamosrant.
After listening to the above please enjoy a little update since
October 19th, 2015 that the FBI and the RCMP and many other corrupt
cops cannot deny being made well aware of
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dale Morgan <dale.morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:26:57 -0400
Subject: Re: I must say that Tom Henheffer just called the wrong
Maritimer a liar just like you did a year ago EH Dale Morgan of the
RCMP?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
I am AOL returning April 18th. Sgt. Alain DESROSIER (Grand Bay -
Westfield) will be acting in my absence. I will have my cell if you
need me. (506)435-4598.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Póstur FOR <postur@for.is>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 17:23:48 +0000
Subject: Re: Attn Dominic Leblanc whereas Prime Minister Sigmundur
David Gunnlaugsson does does not wish assistance from me perhaps you
can convince your boss PM Trudeau "The Younger" to explain my latest
blog, this email and the documents hereto attached to our fellow
Canadain
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received
Kveðja / Best regards
Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Póstur FOR <postur@for.is>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:05:47 +0000
Subject: Re: Hey Premier Gallant please inform the questionable
parliamentarian Birigtta Jonsdottir that although NB is a small "Have
Not" province at least we have twice the population of Iceland and
that not all of us are as dumb as she and her Prime Minister pretends
to be..
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received
Kveðja / Best regards
Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office
This is the docket
http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.
These are digital recordings of the last two hearings
Dec 14th https://archive.org/details/
Jan 11th https://archive.org/details/
This me running for a seat in Parliament again while CBC denies it again
Fundy Royal, New Brunswick Debate – Federal Elections 2015 - The Local
Campaign, Rogers TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369
FYI This is the text of the lawsuit that should interest Trudeau the most
http://davidraymondamos3.
83 The Plaintiff states that now that Canada is involved in more war
in Iraq again it did not serve Canadian interests and reputation to
allow Barry Winters to publish the following words three times over
five years after he began his bragging:
January 13, 2015
This Is Just AS Relevant Now As When I wrote It During The Debate
December 8, 2014
Why Canada Stood Tall!
Friday, October 3, 2014
Little David Amos’ “True History Of War” Canadian Airstrikes And
Stupid Justin Trudeau
Canada’s and Canadians free ride is over. Canada can no longer hide
behind Amerka’s and NATO’s skirts.
When I was still in Canadian Forces then Prime Minister Jean Chretien
actually committed the Canadian Army to deploy in the second campaign
in Iraq, the Coalition of the Willing. This was against or contrary to
the wisdom or advice of those of us Canadian officers that were
involved in the initial planning phases of that operation. There were
significant concern in our planning cell, and NDHQ about of the dearth
of concern for operational guidance, direction, and forces for
operations after the initial occupation of Iraq. At the “last minute”
Prime Minister Chretien and the Liberal government changed its mind.
The Canadian government told our amerkan cousins that we would not
deploy combat troops for the Iraq campaign, but would deploy a
Canadian Battle Group to Afghanistan, enabling our amerkan cousins to
redeploy troops from there to Iraq. The PMO’s thinking that it was
less costly to deploy Canadian Forces to Afghanistan than Iraq. But
alas no one seems to remind the Liberals of Prime Minister Chretien’s
then grossly incorrect assumption. Notwithstanding Jean Chretien’s
incompetence and stupidity, the Canadian Army was heroic,
professional, punched well above it’s weight, and the PPCLI Battle
Group, is credited with “saving Afghanistan” during the Panjway
campaign of 2006.
What Justin Trudeau and the Liberals don’t tell you now, is that then
Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien committed, and deployed the
Canadian army to Canada’s longest “war” without the advice, consent,
support, or vote of the Canadian Parliament.
What David Amos and the rest of the ignorant, uneducated, and babbling
chattering classes are too addled to understand is the deployment of
less than 75 special operations troops, and what is known by planners
as a “six pac cell” of fighter aircraft is NOT the same as a
deployment of a Battle Group, nor a “war” make.
The Canadian Government or The Crown unlike our amerkan cousins have
the “constitutional authority” to commit the Canadian nation to war.
That has been recently clearly articulated to the Canadian public by
constitutional scholar Phillippe Legasse. What Parliament can do is
remove “confidence” in The Crown’s Government in a “vote of
non-confidence.” That could not happen to the Chretien Government
regarding deployment to Afghanistan, and it won’t happen in this
instance with the conservative majority in The Commons regarding a
limited Canadian deployment to the Middle East.
President George Bush was quite correct after 911 and the terror
attacks in New York; that the Taliban “occupied” and “failed state”
Afghanistan was the source of logistical support, command and control,
and training for the Al Quaeda war of terror against the world. The
initial defeat, and removal from control of Afghanistan was vital and
essential for the security and tranquility of the developed world. An
ISIS “caliphate,” in the Middle East, no matter how small, is a clear
and present danger to the entire world. This “occupied state,”
or“failed state” will prosecute an unending Islamic inspired war of
terror against not only the “western world,” but Arab states
“moderate” or not, as well. The security, safety, and tranquility of
Canada and Canadians are just at risk now with the emergence of an
ISIS“caliphate” no matter how large or small, as it was with the
Taliban and Al Quaeda “marriage” in Afghanistan.
One of the everlasting “legacies” of the “Trudeau the Elder’s dynasty
was Canada and successive Liberal governments cowering behind the
amerkan’s nuclear and conventional military shield, at the same time
denigrating, insulting them, opposing them, and at the same time
self-aggrandizing ourselves as “peace keepers,” and progenitors of
“world peace.” Canada failed. The United States of Amerka, NATO, the
G7 and or G20 will no longer permit that sort of sanctimonious
behavior from Canada or its government any longer. And Prime Minister
Stephen Harper, Foreign Minister John Baird , and Cabinet are fully
cognizant of that reality. Even if some editorial boards, and pundits
are not.
Justin, Trudeau “the younger” is reprising the time “honoured” liberal
mantra, and tradition of expecting the amerkans or the rest of the
world to do “the heavy lifting.” Justin Trudeau and his “butt buddy”
David Amos are telling Canadians that we can guarantee our security
and safety by expecting other nations to fight for us. That Canada can
and should attempt to guarantee Canadians safety by providing
“humanitarian aid” somewhere, and call a sitting US president a “war
criminal.” This morning Australia announced they too, were sending
tactical aircraft to eliminate the menace of an ISIS “caliphate.”
In one sense Prime Minister Harper is every bit the scoundrel Trudeau
“the elder” and Jean ‘the crook” Chretien was. Just As Trudeau, and
successive Liberal governments delighted in diminishing,
marginalizing, under funding Canadian Forces, and sending Canadian
military men and women to die with inadequate kit and modern
equipment; so too is Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Canada’s F-18s are
antiquated, poorly equipped, and ought to have been replaced five
years ago. But alas, there won’t be single RCAF fighter jock that
won’t go, or won’t want to go, to make Canada safe or safer.
My Grandfather served this country. My father served this country. My
Uncle served this country. And I have served this country. Justin
Trudeau has not served Canada in any way. Thomas Mulcair has not
served this country in any way. Liberals and so called social
democrats haven’t served this country in any way. David Amos, and
other drooling fools have not served this great nation in any way. Yet
these fools are more than prepared to ensure their, our safety to
other nations, and then criticize them for doing so.
Canada must again, now, “do our bit” to guarantee our own security,
and tranquility, but also that of the world. Canada has never before
shirked its responsibility to its citizens and that of the world.
Prime Minister Harper will not permit this country to do so now
From: dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 14:17:17 -0400
Subject: RE: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and
the War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still
alive
To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
This is to confirm that the Minister of National Defence has received
your email and it will be reviewed in due course. Please do not reply
to this message: it is an automatic acknowledgement.
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 13:55:30 -0300
Subject: Re Greg Weston, The CBC , Wikileaks, USSOCOM, Canada and the
War in Iraq (I just called SOCOM and let them know I was still alive
To: DECPR@forces.gc.ca, Public.Affairs@socom.mil,
Raymonde.Cleroux@mpcc-cppm.gc.
william.elliott@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca, media@drdc-rddc.gc.ca, information@forces.gc.ca,
milner@unb.ca, charters@unb.ca, lwindsor@unb.ca,
sarah.weir@mpcc-cppm.gc.ca, birgir <birgir@althingi.is>, smari
<smari@immi.is>, greg.weston@cbc.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>,
susan@blueskystrategygroup.com
eugene@blueskystrategygroup.
Cc: "Edith. Cody-Rice" <Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca>, "terry.seguin"
<terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>, whistleblower
<whistleblower@ctv.ca>
I talked to Don Newman earlier this week before the beancounters David
Dodge and Don Drummond now of Queen's gave their spin about Canada's
Health Care system yesterday and Sheila Fraser yapped on and on on
CAPAC during her last days in office as if she were oh so ethical.. To
be fair to him I just called Greg Weston (613-288-6938) I suggested
that he should at least Google SOUCOM and David Amos It would be wise
if he check ALL of CBC's sources before he publishes something else
about the DND EH Don Newman? Lets just say that the fact that your
old CBC buddy, Tony Burman is now in charge of Al Jazeera English
never impressed me. The fact that he set up a Canadian office is
interesting though
http://www.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/
Anyone can call me back and stress test my integrity after they read
this simple pdf file. BTW what you Blue Sky dudes pubished about
Potash Corp and BHP is truly funny. Perhaps Stevey Boy Harper or Brad
Wall will fill ya in if you are to shy to call mean old me.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/
The Governor General, the PMO and the PCO offices know that I am not a
shy political animal
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369
Enjoy Mr Weston
http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/
"But Lang, defence minister McCallum's chief of staff, says military
brass were not entirely forthcoming on the issue. For instance, he
says, even McCallum initially didn't know those soldiers were helping
to plan the invasion of Iraq up to the highest levels of command,
including a Canadian general.
That general is Walt Natynczyk, now Canada's chief of defence staff,
who eight months after the invasion became deputy commander of 35,000
U.S. soldiers and other allied forces in Iraq. Lang says Natynczyk was
also part of the team of mainly senior U.S. military brass that helped
prepare for the invasion from a mobile command in Kuwait."
http://baconfat53.blogspot.
"I remember years ago when the debate was on in Canada, about there
being weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Our American 'friends"
demanded that Canada join into "the Coalition of the Willing. American
"veterans" and sportscasters loudly denounced Canada for NOT buying
into the US policy.
At the time I was serving as a planner at NDHQ and with 24 other of my
colleagues we went to Tampa SOUCOM HQ to be involved in the planning
in the planning stages of the op....and to report to NDHQ, that would
report to the PMO upon the merits of the proposed operation. There was
never at anytime an existing target list of verified sites where there
were deployed WMD.
Coalition assets were more than sufficient for the initial strike and
invasion phase but even at that point in the planning, we were
concerned about the number of "boots on the ground" for the occupation
(and end game) stage of an operation in Iraq. We were also concerned
about the American plans for occupation plans of Iraq because they at
that stage included no contingency for a handing over of civil
authority to a vetted Iraqi government and bureaucracy.
There was no detailed plan for Iraq being "liberated" and returned to
its people...nor a thought to an eventual exit plan. This was contrary
to the lessons of Vietnam but also to current military thought, that
folks like Colin Powell and "Stuffy" Leighton and others elucidated
upon. "What's the mission" how long is the mission, what conditions
are to met before US troop can redeploy? Prime Minister Jean Chretien
and the PMO were even at the very preliminary planning stages wary of
Canadian involvement in an Iraq operation....History would prove them
correct. The political pressure being applied on the PMO from the
George W Bush administration was onerous
American military assets were extremely overstretched, and Canadian
military assets even more so It was proposed by the PMO that Canadian
naval platforms would deploy to assist in naval quarantine operations
in the Gulf and that Canadian army assets would deploy in Afghanistan
thus permitting US army assets to redeploy for an Iraqi
operation....The PMO thought that "compromise would save Canadian
lives and liberal political capital.. and the priority of which
....not necessarily in that order. "
You can bet that I called these sneaky Yankees again today EH John
Adams? of the CSE within the DND?
http://www.socom.mil/
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 14:03:58 -0400
Subject: The RCMP, the FBI and the not so funny Yankee lawyer Barry
Bachrach should explain to Blaine Higgs why Byron Prior and I are not
crazy N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc?
To: Barry Bachrach <bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net>,
Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov, washington field
<washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, "john.warr" <john.warr@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-
"Stephen.Horsman" <Stephen.Horsman@gnb.ca>, "Dale.Morgan"
<Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
<Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
"roger.l.brown" <roger.l.brown@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
john.thompson@mppac.ca, "steven.blaney" <steven.blaney.a1@parl.gc.ca>,
"steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, national@mppac.ca, MulcaT
<MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, Arthur Topham <radical@radicalpress.com>,
oldmaison@yahoo.com, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, Barry Winters
<sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>, patrick_doran1 <patrick_doran1@hotmail.com>,
"dan. bussieres" <dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>, brian.hodgson@assembly.ab.ca,
"blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>
---------- Original message ----------
From: Barry Bachrach <bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 20:25:07 -0400
Subject: RE: RE My calls to the RCMP and the lawyer Rob Moore MP today
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Cc: "Dale.Morgan" <Dale.Morgan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
<Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
wayne.easter@parl.gc.ca, "roger.l.brown"
<roger.l.brown@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
"steven.blaney" <steven.blaney.a1@parl.gc.ca>, acampbell
<acampbell@ctv.ca>, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
national@mppac.ca, MulcaT <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, Arthur Topham
<radical@radicalpress.com>, oldmaison@yahoo.com, andre
<andre@jafaust.com>, Barry Winters <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>,
patrick_doran1 <patrick_doran1@hotmail.com>, "dan. bussieres"
<dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>, brian.hodgson@assembly.ab.ca, "blaine.higgs"
<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>
yo
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 12:48:46 -0400
Subject: YEA RIGHT Cearly the FBI in Beantown got my message anyway
EH? Remember my last calls to you nasty Yankee bastards? You recorded
them CORRECT? Now I repeat what the Hell to I do with YANKEE wiretap
tapes? Sell them on Ebay in Europe???
To: Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov, boston <boston@ic.fbi.gov>, washington
field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, probb@ottawacitizen.com,
mirichardson@postmedia.com, ccobb@ottawacitizen.com,
paul.godfrey@postmedia.com, Michael.Wernick@pco-bcp.gc.ca,
Root.Gorelick@carleton.ca, michael.macneil@carleton.ca,
stephen.saideman@carleton.ca, norean.shepherd@carleton.ca,
"sylvie.gadoury" <sylvie.gadoury@radio-canada.
<bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, "martine.turcotte"
<martine.turcotte@bell.ca>, DDrummond <DDrummond@google.com>,
lmotley@postmedia.com, dave.breakenridge@sunmedia.ca, sunrayzulu
<sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>, "Marianne.Ryan" <Marianne.Ryan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
lgunter <lgunter@shaw.ca>, kgerein@postmedia.com,
kgerein@edmontonjournal.com, "Charmaine.Bulger"
<Charmaine.Bulger@rcmp-grc.gc.
<Paul.Lynch@edmontonpolice.ca>
<Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
<geoff.crowe@edmontonpolice.ca
<Cindy.Bruneau@edmonton.ca>, kyleduggan@ipolitics.ca,
leslie.church@canada.ca, ben.carr@canada.ca,
christine.michaud2@canada.ca, "Gilles.Blinn"
<Gilles.Blinn@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "roger.l.brown"
<roger.l.brown@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
investigations <investigations@cbc.ca>, pol7163
<pol7163@calgarypolice.ca>, markandcaroline
<markandcaroline@gmail.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, sallybrooks25
<sallybrooks25@yahoo.ca>, almabrooks26 <almabrooks26@hotmail.com>,
"ron.tremblay2" <ron.tremblay2@gmail.com>, "steve.murphy"
<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, nmoore <nmoore@bellmedia.ca>, "Jacques.Poitras"
<Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, "macpherson.don"
<macpherson.don@dailygleaner.
<woodsideb@fredericton.ca>, "Leanne.Fitch"
<Leanne.Fitch@fredericton.ca>, "leanne.murray"
<leanne.murray@mcinnescooper.
<don.iveson@edmonton.ca>, themayor <themayor@calgary.ca>, pm
<pm@pm.gc.ca>, "stephen.harper.a1" <stephen.harper.a1@parl.gc.ca>
oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, Ezra <Ezra@therebel.media>, radical
<radical@radicalpress.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
dstaples@edmontonjournal.com, mplatt@postmedia.com, Kris Wells
<kwells@ualberta.ca>, Glen Canning <grcanning@gmail.com>,
patrick_doran1 <patrick_doran1@hotmail.com>, lois
<lois@loisjoysheplawy.com>
From: Boston <Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 06:21:33 -0400
Subject: RE: YO David Drummond of Google why do you, the FBI and the
RCMP ignore death threats, sexual harrassment and hate speech when it
is PUBLISHED by the evil Zionist Barry Winters who claims to work the
Canadian DND?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
This email address (boston@ic.fbi.gov) is no longer a valid address.
Future email correspondence should be directed to www.tips.fbi.gov.
FBI Boston
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Baumberg, Andrew" <Andrew.Baumberg@cas-satj.gc.
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 12:00:42 -0400
Subject: FW: Attn Andrew Baumberg and William Brooks Commissioner for
Federal Judicial Affairs RE Federal Court File no T-1557-15
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, "Baumberg, Andrew"
<Andrew.Baumberg@cas-satj.gc.
Good afternoon Mr. Amos
In response to your recent e-mail, please note:
· I called you on Tuesday morning because you called and left
a voice mail for me on Monday. (I did not call you back right away on
Monday because I was at home helping to look after my daughter, who
came down with chickenpox over the week-end.)
· I am not aware of anyone checking your work on the internet
last Friday.
· I do not know who sent you an anonymous e-mail on Friday.
· I have not contacted the RCMP in this regard.
· I admit that I did not read your email and all its
attachments closely.
· I “presumed” that you “wanted to talk about electronic
filing” during our call yesterday because (a) that is what you
indicated in your voice mail on Monday that you wanted to talk about
(in your voice-mail message of Monday, March 21, you say: “I want to
discuss what I have been researching about electronic filing, and I
see your name in these documents”), and (b) that is what you were
actually talking about on the call yesterday.
· I do not deny my knowledge of your assertion that there is
evidence of your possession of police surveillance wiretap tapes filed
in the Public Record of Federal Court.
Best regards, Andrew
Andrew Baumberg
Legal Counsel / Conseiller juridique
Federal Court / Cour fédérale
(613) 947-3177
andrew.baumberg@fct-cf.gc.ca
Roger Brown of the Crown Corp known and his CBC buddies
Chucky and everybody else and his dog have speculated about the
reasons behind Bourque's senselss rampage but I took a wide berth of
that madness. I have had nothing say about it just like with my friend
Dick Oland's murder. I was hoping that the truth would come out during
the trials.Now that his son has been denied bail I will say that I too
don't believe that Dennis was Dick's killer. As for young Bourque
nothing excuses what he defintely did. Many people would like to know
what caused him to go off like he did and no doubt legions of members
of the RCMP are curious as well.. but the evil Librano lawyer David
Lutz made certain that the truth will never be known to the chagrin of
many other lawyers..
I heard Cpl Horsmen confess Chucky that he gave his old boss Gary
Forward a fancy new job.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Somebody should ask me why that did not surprise me.
Codiac RCMP officers found not responsible for man's death
Fredericton Police Force investigation says Daniel Levesque, 30, died
as a result of stab wounds CBC News Posted: May 23, 2014 10:51 AM AT
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
http://www.macleans.ca/news/
June 15, 2014
The untold story of Justin Bourque
by Tamsin McMahon, Michael Friscolanti and Martin Patriquin
“I don’t know what caused this,” Victor Bourque, Justin’s father,
tells Maclean’s. “A gentle soul like him who wouldn’t hurt a fly all
of a sudden flips over, so there’s something there that’s unanswered
and we’ll only find out as time goes along. Everybody will have to be
patient.”
In the meantime, one chilling possibility has emerged: that Bourque
was bent on revenge, seeking supposed “justice” for a dead Moncton
man, Dan Levesque, who was shot four times last July by a pair of RCMP
officers. At a press conference just two weeks before Bourque walked
out of his trailer for the final time, investigators cleared the two
Mounties of any wrongdoing.
At least one of Levesque’s friends seemed convinced that Bourque was
out for revenge that bloody night. “He’s doing this for us I love this
guy,” the friend posted on Facebook, while the drama was still
unfolding. “He’s righting all the wrongs.”
"If the ensuing investigation unearths any connection to Dan
Levesque’s death, May 23 was a critical day. The Fredericton Police
Service, called in to investigate last July’s shooting, held a press
conference that Friday, exonerating the RCMP officers who shot
Levesque. In fact, Insp. Gary Forward said none of the Mounties’ four
bullets struck a vital organ—and that Levesque ultimately died of the
knife wounds he sustained prior to being shot, not the bullets. (Who
stabbed Levesque, and why, is still under investigation.)
The same day as the news conference, Bourque’s mom and dad posted a
quote to their joint Facebook account. “Sometime you have to stop
worrying, wondering, and doubting,” it read. “Have faith that things
will work out, maybe not how you planned, but just how it’s meant to
be.”
I heard your buddy Roger Brown yapping to your CBC pals this morning
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/
Then I see this
Roger Brown to retire on 2nd anniversary of Moncton RCMP shootings
Suicide of Cpl. Ron Francis, violence at Rexton shale gas protest also
happened on commanding officer's watch By Alan White, CBC News Posted:
Apr 05, 2016 11:00 AM AT
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
I also heard you drop your buddy Roger Brown's name so the his minions
would give ya a hard time in Rogerville N'esy Pas?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://thedavidamosrant.
Saturday, 8 March 2014
Yo Woodside your buddy Chucky Leblanc suing the Fat Fred City Finest
is a joke but ME suing YOU and your cop pals about my old Harley will
be bigtime comical EH?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
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Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 14:05:23 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Re Federal Court file no T-1557-15 Now this
is interesting As soon as Brad Wall got reelected as Premier he began
blocking my email Go Figure EH David Drummond???
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Fitch, Leanne" <leanne.fitch@fredericton.ca>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 14:05:24 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Re Federal Court file no T-1557-15 Now this
is interesting As soon as Brad Wall got reelected as Premier he began
blocking my email Go Figure EH David Drummond???
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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an unusual backlog of pending responses. Your query may not be repleid
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From: Póstur IRR <postur@irr.is>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 14:07:49 +0000
Subject: Re: Re Federal Court file no T-1557-15 Now this is
interesting As soon as Brad Wall got reelected as Premier he began
blocking my email Go Figure EH David Drummond???
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið. / Your request has been received.
Kveðja / Best regards
Innanríkisráðuneytið / Ministry of the Interior
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From: Póstur FOR <postur@for.is>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 14:07:48 +0000
Subject: Re: Re Federal Court file no T-1557-15 Now this is
interesting As soon as Brad Wall got reelected as Premier he began
blocking my email Go Figure EH David Drummond???
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Erindi þitt hefur verið móttekið / Your request has been received
Kveðja / Best regards
Forsætisráðuneytið / Prime Minister's Office
http://thedavidamosrant.
Saturday, 8 March 2014
Yo Woodside your buddy Chucky Leblanc suing the Fat Fred City Finest
is a joke but ME suing YOU and your cop pals about my old Harley will
be bigtime comical EH?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 15:53:26 -0400
Subject: Yo Woodside your buddy Chucky Leblanc suig the Fat Fred City
Finest is a joke but ME suing YOU and your cop pals about my old
Harley will be bigtime comical EH?
To: woodsideb <woodsideb@fredericton.ca>, oldmaison
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, "Leanne.Fitch" <Leanne.Fitch@fredericton.ca>,
"leanne.murray" <leanne.murray@mcinnescooper.
<andre@jafaust.com>, sallybrooks25 <sallybrooks25@yahoo.ca>,
"Stephen.Chase" <Stephen.Chase@fredericton.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<frankffrost@hotmail.com>, "Frank.McKenna" <Frank.McKenna@td.com>,
"bruce.northrup" <bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>, "Pete.Berndsen"
<Pete.Berndsen@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
<roger.l.brown@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
From: "MacKenzie, Lloyd (SNB)" lloyd.mackenzie@snb.ca
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:01:27 -0400
Subject: Telephone Conversation re: 1965 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle
To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Cc: "Bastarache, Donald J.(SNB)" Donald.Bastarache@snb.ca,
"Morrison, Bill (SNB)" bill.morrison@snb.ca,
"Levesque-Finn, Sylvie(SNB)" Sylvie.Levesque-Finn@snb.ca, "Pleadwell, Derek
(SNB)" Derek.Pleadwell@snb.ca
Mr. Amos:
Upon your request I will inform Mr. Derek Pleadwell[(506)
444-2897], Chairperson SNB Board of Directors, of our extended
conversation regarding the issues surrounding the 1965 Harley-Davidson
motorcycle when he visits my office at approximately 3:30 P.M. today.
Also, as requested, I've copied in Ms. Sylvie Levesque-Finn[ (506)
453-3879 ],SNB President.
Lloyd D. MacKenzie, AACI, P. App, CAE
Regional Manager of Assessment - Beauséjour Region/Responsable
régional de l'évaluation - region Beauséjour
Assessment/ de l'évaluation
Service New Brunswick/ Service Nouveau-Brunswick
633 rue Main St.
4th floor/4ième étage
Moncton, NB E1C 8R3
Tel/Tél: (506) 856-3910
Fax/Téléc: (506) 856-2519
----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos
To: lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca ; martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca ;
ken.cook@fredericton.ca ; carl.urquhart@gnb.ca ; john.foran@gnb.ca ;
jacques_poitras@cbc.ca ; T.J.Burke@gnb.ca ; mackay.p@parl.gc.ca ;
Casey.B@parl.gc.ca ; premier@gov.ns.ca ; leader@greenparty.ca ;
oldmaison@yahoo.com
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 1:00 PM
Subject: Attn Det Louie LaFleur. Who in the Fredericton Police Force
is trying to claim that I do not own my motorcyle registered in New
Hampshire?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
DavidRaymondAmos (14 minutes ago)
Over my dead body will you ride my old bike Yankee. However I would
dearly love to see you come to my native land to try to steal it like
you did the rest of my property. I will call the Fredericton PD once
again on your behalf to warn them they should protect you from mean
old me. Cya'll in Court Depupty Dog Robert F. O'Meara. P.S I already
contacted Volkswagon America about their interest in your Yankee buddy
the Lemon Law lawyer Angela K. Troccoli
sowicked (29 minutes ago)
Get everything said that you want to say, because I'm taking you out
of the loop. Next time you see me, I'll be riding my 65'.N'est Pas,
jerkoff??
sowicked (34 minutes ago)
What home????What inventory??? You must be talking about MY home. You
never had a home, stupid.N'est Pas??
DavidRaymondAmos (1 hour ago)
I heard that before from your buddies the Fredericton PD and their Tow
Trucking dude Alan MacPhee. How do you or they explain the title they
took their information from for their tickets that the Crown refused
to prosecute Depupty Dog? As far as all the other bikes etc go they
are clearly listed in thn Inventory of MY Clan's home when you and
your pals ripped us off.
sowicked (2 hours ago)
What motorcycles are you talking about? I know you had possesion of
some Harley that the Fredericton PD took possesion of because you
can't show proof of ownership of that bike.Could that be the "stolen"
bike or bikes you are refering to,EH? And that stolen bike was in your
possesion. That figures,EH?
sowicked (5 hours ago)
I don't think anyone other than yourself, really cares about you or
your history as a motorcyclist.You only saw the Harleys that I own,
not my other bikes. Everyone stands up to you, you pussy.Get it, N'est
Pas?
DavidRaymondAmos (13 hours ago)
thanx
photofu (14 hours ago)
i am impressed with your resolve sir..carry on....
DavidRaymondAmos (18 hours ago)
For the record I was the first to view your buddy Dirty Dicky Dean's
latest video about me. Too funny EH Depupty Dog Robert F. O'Meara? It
appears that you forgot to tell your nasty pal of my true history as a
motorcyclist or about all the Kawasakis, Hondas, Yamahas and BMWs etc
that you Yankees stole from me N'est Pas? Hell he even thinks I drink
beer when in fact I never drank one in my life. On the other hand you
have drank enough beer for both of us and have only owned Harleys.
Correct?
DavidRaymondAmos (1 day ago)
She is my minor child Yankee. What part of that fact don't you
understand Depupty Dog Robert F. O'Meara? Do you really think that you
could stand up against me?
From: David Amos
Subject: For the VERY PUBLIC RECORD This is the real cause of Cpl.
Randy Reilly's stress and PTSD
To: oldmaison@yahoo.com, woodsideb@fredericton.ca, dkg@glenngroup.ca,
kadilman@glenngroup.ca, andremurraynow@gmail.com,
sallybrooks25@yahoo.ca, law@stevenfoulds.ca, police@fredericton.ca,
evelyngreene@live.ca, david.raymond.amos@gmail.com,
mclaughlin.heather@
sowl@nbnet.nb.ca
Cc: police@edmundston.ca, "dan. bussieres" <dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>,
Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, "MacKnightb" <MacKnightb@fredericton.ca>,
danny.copp@fredericton.ca
Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 10:54 PM
Yo Danny Boy Bussieres
True or False?
http://archive.org/details/
It seems to me that all of Chucky's pals and half of your butt
buddies the Fat Fred City's Finest claim they are mentally ill When
in truth just like you they are just cry baby greedy crooks living off
the fat of the land.
Go figure
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
http://
Then you nasty bastards violate my rights and my privacy and yet have
the gaul to call me crazy and even falsely claim that I am welfare as
well?
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
Well Chucky Leblanc and his butt buddy Brad Woodside love listening to
cops on their scanners CORRECT?
http://
Well they ahould LISTEN closely to the radio in the background of these videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
The mindless Cpl. Reilly was obviously acting against me under orders
from MacKnight. That is why I stopped the videos to listen to what
they were saying. No doubt later MacKnight blamed the circus on
Reilly. Small wonder the Fat Fred City Finest ignored my Freedom of
Information demands and made my Harley and the Yankee wiretap tapes in
its saddlebag evaporate EH?
That said there was some interesting news yesterday though. Alan White
and his very corrupt CBC cronies already know I enjoyed it and pounced
on it in Twitter before I called three lawyers again. Now I will make
the most of it to the max in short order. You have my word on that.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
Bruce Northrup seeks appeal of ruling Windsor Energy's testing in
Sussex was legal
Former natural resources minister asking New Brunswick Court of Appeal
to hear appeal of Nov. 3 decision
By Alan White, CBC News Posted: Dec 01, 2016 3:43 PM AT
Former natural resources minister Bruce Northrup is asking New
Brunswick's highest court to hear an appeal of a recent decision that
Windsor Energy Inc.'s seismic testing in Sussex in 2011 was legal.
Northrup is being sued by the oil and gas company and its president,
Khalid Amin, for $105 million in damages for publicly stating the
company violated the provincial Oil and Natural Gas Act by carrying
out seismic testing in Sussex without permission from the
municipality.
However, in a Nov. 3 decision, Court of Queen's Bench Justice Judy
Clendening ruled municipal permission wasn't needed because the
company's permit had the authorization of the provincial
Transportation Department to test within the right-of-way of Highway
1, which runs through Sussex and is where the testing was being
carried out.
Windsor Energy's 2011 seismic testing in Sussex was legal: judge
"It is clear that the plaintiffs did not need prior written consent
from the municipality," Clendening said in her decision.
"The plaintiffs do not require consent unless the testing is carried
out on municipal land."
The word 'or' at issue
Clendening's ruling dealt with the interpretation of Section 17 (1) of
the Oil and Natural Gas Act. It states a company with a permit shall
not work:
Within the bounds of a municipality unless it has the
municipality's consent in writing, or
Within any highway right-of-way without the written consent of the
district transportation engineer.
hi-nb-windsor-energy
Windsor Energy carried out seismic testing in the right-of-way for
Highway 1 in Sussex in 2011 with the authorization of the
transportation department.
Clendening ruled that because of the "or" in the subsection,
permission is needed from either the municipality or the
transportation department, not from both.
Northup's lawyers are now asking the New Brunswick Court of Appeal to
hear an appeal of that decision. They contend Clendenning made errors
in law by:
Failing to read the words of Section 17 (1) of the Oil and Natural
Gas Act "in their grammatical and ordinary sense."
Substituting "on municipal land" for the phrase "within the bounds
of a municipality
Substituting the "New Brunswick Highway Corporation" for the
"district transportation engineer"
Interpreting the word "or" between paragraphs (a) and (b) of the
subsection as being exclusive and prioritizing (b) over (a).
Arguments on Northrup's motion seeking leave to appeal the ruling are
to be heard by a justice of the Court of Appeal on Dec. 12.
Amin not surprised
nb-khalid-amin
Windsor Energy Inc. president and CEO Khalid Amin is not surprised
Bruce Northrup is asking for an appeal to be heard of a recent ruling
that his company's seismic testing in Sussex in 2011 was legal. (CBC)
Northrup's request for an appeal to be heard doesn't surprise Amin.
"We certainly expected that," Amin said. "Obviously, I would say
[Clendening's ruling] is detrimental to their defence.
"If we didn't violate the Oil and Natural Gas Act as they allege, he's
gone out of his way to harm Windsor Energy by making statements and
then taking the file to the RCMP.
Bruce Northrup stands by his actions in Windsor Energy dispute
N.B. files RCMP complaint against Windsor Energy
"He was coming after us pretty heavy in the media and that made
national news, not just local New Brunswick news."
The initial lawsuit for defamation, injurious falsehood and
misfeasance in public office also named the provincial government as a
respondent, but Windsor Energy and Amin agreed to drop the province
from the lawsuit after another court ruling found their claims fall
outside the type of claims permitted under the Proceedings Against the
Crown Act.
Amin said dropping the province doesn't change the damages being
sought from Northrup, who was acting as a minister of the Crown.
"That doesn't change at all, but obviously that's up to a judge
ordering a judgment," said Amin.
"There's a lot of room between where we are today and what that would entitle."
The statement of claim in the lawsuit states negative publicity
resulting from the case drove away potential investors, which led to
the company losing its exploration licences.
http://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.
Sussex mayor denounces seismic testing company
Seismotion official says waiting for council vote would have cost $60,000
CBC News
October 19, 2011
li-nb-seismic-testing-truck
Sussex councillors are upset that seismic testing went ahead in their
town before it was given approval. (CBC)
Sussex Mayor Ralph Carr is denouncing the tactics of a seismic
surveying company as a "monumental" mistake after it pushed ahead with
tests without the town's approval.
The Town of Sussex is now asking Premier David Alward and his
Progressive Conservative government to take action against Seismotion,
which performed tests inside Sussex boundaries on Monday.
"It's a blunder, a big blunder. They should not have done that," Carr said.
"For such a contentious issue and divisive issue that is taking place
in our province, especially southern New Brunswick, they should have
bowed out and said, 'We'll come back or we'll go by you.' Anything,
but do what they did."
Sussex is situated in an area that is believed to be a prime location
for the shale gas industry. But Carr said that some people in his
community are wary of the shale gas industry.
The mayor said the company's actions will make this already divisive
issue even worse in his town.
The Sussex council has sent an unanimous letter to the Alward
government requesting the provincial government take action against
the company.
si-nb-sussex-carr-220
Sussex Mayor Ralph Carr said the company's decision to perform the
testing was a monumental mistake. (CBC)
Sussex mayor’s stern reaction is being reinforced by many of his councillors.
Seismotion originally asked for town approval to do tests within the
community, and councillors arranged the Tuesday meeting just ahead of
the company's scheduled arrival.
But when Seismotion crews found themselves in Sussex two days ahead of
schedule, the company decided not to wait for town consent.
Marc Thorne, the town's deputy mayor, said it's unfortunate the
company pressed ahead with its work despite knowing when the local
council was going to hold its vote.
"They had decided that since the timeframe that they had established
with us wasn't accommodating their accelerated schedule they just went
ahead and did the work. We were angry. We were frustrated," Thorne
said.
"It was done. It was in violation of the act. And there needs to be
consequences," said Coun. Mark Wright.
Coun. Shelley Bradley did not hold back her frustrations when a
Seismotion representative appeared at a council meeting on Tuesday
night.
"When a company goes ahead and does this. Just like completely ignores
the rules, completely just basically says, ‘You know what? Screw you
guys,’" Bradley said.
Alek Dupras, the company's permit agent, said the company has permits
from the departments of Natural Resources and Transportation that
cover testing along highway one even within town limits.
"Waiting for this … meeting represented too much money so they chose
to go forward, understanding they had all the permits necessary for
that," Dupras said.
Seismotion is doing the testing for Windsor Energy.
Mario Levesque, the president of Seismotion, said waiting two days
would have cost $60,000 and he's running out of time to get the work
done. The trucks are going back to Alberta on Oct. 26.
Testing has now moved east between Sussex and Alma.
Latest shale gas controversy
This is the latest controversy in the contentious issue of shale gas
exploration.
Last week, Hampton councillors voted to block seismic testing in town
limits after roughly 70 residents held a peaceful protest.
Hampton is about 40 kilometres southwest of Sussex.
There have been protests across southern New Brunswick against shale
gas exploration and hydro-fracking.
The largest anti-shale gas rally was at the legislature in the summer
when roughly 1,000 protesters amassed in Fredericton.
Alward has said he believes the industry is important to the province,
but he has committed to imposing the toughest standards on the
continent on companies operating in New Brunswick.
He's also said New Brunswickers need to embrace the industry as part
of a new approach to boosting the economy.
http://www.cbc.ca/news2/
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Rob Moore (Incumbent)
Erik Millett
Mark Wright
Rob Moir
Rob Moore
Party: Conservative Party of Canada
Birthdate: May 14, 1974
Age: 34
Birthplace: Gander, N.L.
Education: Bachelor's degree in business, University of New Brunswick;
law degree, University of New Brunswick. Called to the New Brunswick
Bar in 2000.
Profession: Lawyer
Career Background: Articled with the law firm Philip H. Pugsley in
Rothesay, N.B. Worked in the office of the leader of the official
opposition as a policy adviser on justice issues from 2001-2003.
Community Activities: Volunteer with the Boys and Girls Club and with
the March of Dimes.
Electoral History
Federal: Defeated as Canadian Alliance candidate in Fundy-Royal in
2000. Elected as a Conservative candidate in the riding in the 2004
and 2006 general elections.
Political History
Parliament: Was parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Justice and
Attorney General of Canada.
Committee: Member of the Justice and Homan Rights Committee in the
last Parliament, and member of the Legislative Committees on various
bills. Former member of the Legislative Committee on Bill C-38; the
Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Legislative Committee on
Bill C-38; of the Subcommittee on the Process for Appointment to the
Federal Judiciary of the Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights,
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
Caucus: Member of the Conservative caucus.
Contact information:
Telephone: 888-926-6673
campaign@robmoore.ca
www.robmoore.ca
Erik Millett
Party: Green Party of Canada
Birthplace: Truro, N.S.
Education: Earned a master's degree in education from the University
of New Brunswick, a bachelor of education from St. Thomas University
and a bachelor of arts in international human rights from Carleton
University.
Profession: Teacher
Career Background: He previously worked as a lead teacher and
administrator for New Brunswick's alternative education program, and a
contract consultant with the Katimavik national youth service program.
Currently works as a teacher and school administrator at Belleisle
Elementary School in School District 6.
Community Activities: He served two years as a residence don at the
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, mentoring and working with
student leaders. He also worked in an outdoor education environment
with Partners for Youth and was a project leader with Katimavik for
three years. He has recently been involved in the Basement Players
theatre group and currently is on the provincial board of directors
for the Conservation Council of New Brunswick.
Electoral History
Federal: Defeated in New Brunswick Southwest in 2004 and 2006.
Contact information:
Telephone: 506-832-2465
millett@canoemail.com
ridings.greenparty.ca
Mark Wright
Party: Liberal Party of Canada
Year of Birth: 1980
Age: 27
Birthplace: Sussex, N.B.
Profession: Salesman
Career Background: Has worked as a sales representative and estimator
with Fawcett Ace Building Centre in Petitcodiac, N.B.
Electoral History
Municipal: Elected as a municipal councillor in Sussex in 2004 and
re-elected in May 2008.
Mailing address:
77A Broad St.
Sussex, N.B.
E4E 2J7
Contact information:
Telephone: 506-432-6141
Fax: 506-432-6943
mark@wright4mp.ca
www.wright4mp.ca
Rob Moir
Party: New Democratic Party of Canada
Profession: Economist; educator; woodlot operator
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Megan
Children: Three
Career Background: Professor of economics at the University of New
Brunswick in Saint John; has served on the University Senate and
several Senate committees. Member of the Canadian Economics
Association, the American Economics Association, the Economic Science
Association and the International Association for the Study of Common
Property. Vice-president of the Atlantic Canada Economics Association.
Woodlot owner and member of the Southern New Brunswick Woodlot
Co-operative.
Community Activities: Has served on the board of the Clifton Royal
Recreation Council and Peninsula Heritage. Currently acts as chapel
warden and chair of the mission and outreach committee of All Saints'
Church.
Electoral History
Federal: Ran unsuccessfully in this riding in the 2006 general election.
Mailing address:
1031 Main Street
Hampton, N.B.
E5N 6E8
Contact information:
Telephone: 506-832-0570
info@robmoirndp.com
www.robmoirndp.com
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2008 Results
http://www.country94.ca/news/
By-Elections In Hampton And Sussex Today
Posted on Monday, December 8, 2014 05:58 AM
It will be a cold trek to the polls today with municipal by-elections
being held in Sussex and Hampton to fill vacant seats on the two town
councils.
The vacancy in Hampton is because Gary Crossman was elected as the
M-L-A for the Conservatives.
In Sussex, Mark Wright has left to join the RCMP.
The four candidates in Hampton are Chris Rendell, who unsuccessfully
tried to run for the NDP provincially, Mark Reid, who owns an
accounting firm, forester Todd Beach and businessman Robert
Signoretti.
In Sussex, the candidates are former town councillor Kevin Black,
construction worker Melody McKnight, Carl McLellen, a carpenter,
former RCMP officer Graham Milner and life coach Matt White.
http://www.kingswood.edu/
Mark Wright
After completing the Extreme Discipleship Program at Kingswood in
2000, Mark and his wife Rachel (Fenwick) lived in Sussex, where he
served on the town council and worked at the local radio station, 590
CJCW. He then joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. On March 23,
2015, Mark graduated as a Constable. Congratulations! His first post
is in Biggar, Saskatchewan.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: John Warr <john.warr@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 01:56:17 -0400
Subject: Re: Fwd: For the public record as soon as I read this I
called Julie Dammers Rakes' lawyer Anthony M. Cardinale introduced
myself and the pussy hung up on me (AOL)
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
I will be away on leave from Saturday August 3rd to August 18th
inclusive. S/Sgt. Steve Gourdeau will be acting Operations Officer
for SE District in my absence. In the event of an emergency from
August 3rd to 5th, I will have my bb on. (506) 608-7928
On 11/12/15, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do any of you recall the attachemnts or the email found below?
>
> Anyway there was Interesting news on CBC this week for your anti
> fracking buddies EH Chucky Baby?
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>
>
> Windsor Energy's $105M lawsuit against province suffers blow
> Court rules many claims against government, Bruce Northrup fall
> outside legal limits
>
> CBC News Posted: Nov 10, 2015 11:32 AM AT
>
> Even more interesting to mean old me is within the predictable rulling
> of Justice Terrence Morrison its seems that I disagree with the CBC
> spin on the matter. What say your wannabe lawyer pals? No doubt they
> are all too shy to respond to me as usual N'esy Pas Chucky Baby?
>
> http://www.canlii.org/en/nb/
>
> At least I tried to be fair to the lawyers involved in the Windsor
> Energy matter and called them before sending three more emails. After
> all their law firms have been well aware of my concerns for quite some
> time and obviously they cannot deny it. Josie Marks and her assistant
> did not pick up the phone but I spoke personally to Frederick C.
> McElman QC and he welcomed my emails and D. Andrew Rouse
> tried hard to play dumb so I called and left a voicemail for Mr Peters
> Correct?
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
> http://lexpert.ca/directory/
>
> Diversified practice in banking and financial services, corporate
> commercial law, bankruptcy and insolvency, intellectual property,
> administrative law and corporate restructuring. Acts as counsel on
> legislation and professional discipline matters for several
> provincial, regional and national professional associations and as
> counsel to quasi-public/private corporations on governance issues.
> Trade-mark Agent; lecturer for Law Society Continuing Education
> programs and various professional associations. Past member of
> insurance management committee of NB Law Society; past director of New
> Brunswick Law Foundation; past director of Board of Governors of
> University of New Brunswick; past director and chairman of PLAN
> International Canada Inc. and PLAN International Inc., international
> development agencies. Admitted to the New Brunswick Bar in 1978; LLM
> Harvard Law School 1979; appointed member of Order of Canada 2002;
> appointed QC in 2006.
>
> Frederick C. McElman, CM, QC
> Partner Stewart McKelvey
> 77 Westmorland St, Suite 600, Frederick Square
> Fredericton, NB E3B 6Z3
> Phone: (506) 444-8979
> Fax: (506) 444-8974
> E-mail: fmcelman@stewartmckelvey.com
>
> http://www.stewartmckelvey.
>
> Josie Marks (Associate)
> Creative problem-solver.
> A particular strength of Josie’s is her ability to identify creative
> solutions to novel and complex legal issues. Her strong analytical
> abilities and research skills allow her to identify straight-forward,
> simple solutions whenever possible. Josie is also highly pragmatic,
> which ensures that any solutions identified are practical and
> effective in light of the client’s situation.
>
> Suite 601, Blue Cross Centre
> 644 Main Street
> Moncton, NB, Canada
> E1C 1E2
>
> P 506.383.2304
> F 506.858.8454
> jmarks@stewartmckelvey.com,
>
> http://www.porlaw.com/
>
> While he specializes in Federal and Provincial Tax Litigation, Andrew
> also has extensive experience with Civil Litigation, Personal Injury,
> Labour and Employment, Wills, Trusts and Estates, Insurance
> Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Real Estate Litigation.
>
> D. Andrew Rouse
> Direct Line: 506-444-6581
> Email: darouse@porlaw.com
>
> Assistant: Kelly Constantine
> Tel: 506.444-6571
> Fax: 506.444.6550
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:19:02 -0600
> Subject: Fwd: RE The Chief's Big Motion and the 105 Million Loonie
> lawsuit (Plus costs) filed by Robert J. Peters on behalf of Khalid
> Amin & Windsor Energy against Brucy Baby Northrup and the Govenment of
> "The Place to Be" just before the writ is dropped
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>
> Hey Chucky
>
> Remember this?
>
> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
>
> Yesterday as I read the news on a fun day in my life as I was
> taking a break from the politcal madness that surrounds us all I
> could think of was my hero Crazy Horse's battle cry and an old Beatles
> song of my youth in Dorchester when the fine artists sang "OH Boy" as
> they read the news over forty seven years ago while down the road the
> nasty French bastard in Memramcook Chucky Leblanc was a big pain
> in the arse for his poor Scottish Mother. Clearly the Bealtes released
> Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band before Romeo Leblanc the
> sneaky Radio Canada reporter from Memramcook was an MP or a
> Senator or a Governor General or even had a son now known as The
> Honourable Dominic LeBlanc PC, BA, LLB, LLM, MP from Beauséjour
> who used to baby-sit his Librano Leader Justin Trudeau MP (but not
> "Honourable" yet because the Wannabe King Harper does not wish take
> secretive advice in the Queen's Privy Council from Trudeau the Younger
> like he must from the Librano/NDP turncoat lawyer Tommy Boy Mulcair)
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
>
> These days I resemble the old dude who sings this tune.
>
> I was so busy laughing and talking to friends in New Brunswick about
> Mr Baconfat bikes, buffalos and oil in Alberta that I did not bother
> calling or emailing any cops or the smiling bastards they support who
> are seeking to be elected in NB in September. This is all I am gonna
> say about certain lawsuits in New Brunswick until after the writ is
> dropped and more things no doubt will be revealed to us all. The news
> is obviously sinking the neo con's boat and I don't mind that at all
> but I fear the Liberanos will get the majority that they lust for in
> order to continue to screw the taxpayers some more.
>
> FYI I broke this email up in two parts in the order that the laments
> were file in court.
>
> Part One below has to do with the Chief's Big Motion
>
> Following that is Part Two with some tidbits about the 105 Million
> Loonie lawsuit. It appears that I must remind Windsor Energy's CEO
> Khalid Amin and his lawyers that they can't fool me because I am too
> stupid. However I am truly grateful that I am not as dumb as David
> Alward and his many Greasy Gassy Oily buddies or the evil journalists
> within the IRVING Media Empire or the Liberano, PANB, NDP and Green
> Meanie Leaders and their equally evil cohorts within the CBC.
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
> PART ONE
>
> Whether anyone believes me or not. At least Rod Cumberland "The Wild
> Life Guy" cannot deny that his political pals were made well aware
> that a very fierce political animal was wise to their games before the
> malevolent Crown Corp commonly known as the CBC let us know that his
> Indian friends had filed an affidavit of his along with a motion
> asking for an injunction against Alward's sneaky deal with the IRVINGS
> etc that they already knew I would support wholelheartedly.
>
> Does their blogger hero Chucky Leblanc or anybody else remember this
> email amongst many others that I opted to post in within his old pal
> Andre Murray's half dead blog about injustices in New Brunswick???
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>
> http://s3.documentcloud.org/
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:09:11 -0600
> Subject: Re: Yo Chucky Baby Methinks that your buddies the IRVINGS and
> even the Feds are nervous now that your pal Charles Thériault has met
> my challenge and seeks public office Surprise Surprise N'esy Pas???
> To: Rod Cumberland <rcumberland@mcft.ca>
>
> I don't make sense??? Yea right I heard that before try something
> original for a change
>
> FYI I called all three of your numbers and you did not pick up (my
> number is 902 800 0369) so I talked to your boss Redmond if that how
> his name is spelled and he told me to take up my concerns with you
>
> On 8/14/14, Rod Cumberland <rcumberland@mcft.ca> wrote:
>> And call who?
>>
>> What on earth is this?
>>
>> Who are you?
>>
>> None of this makes any sense to me.
>>
>> Roderick E. Cumberland
>> BScF, Certified Wildlife Biologist
>>
>> Wildlife Instructor
>> Maritime College of Forest Technology
>> 1350 Regent Street
>> Fredericton NB Canada
>> E3C 2G6
>> Office: 506 458 0678
>> Cell: 506 470 4728
>> Fax: 506 458 0679
>> rcumberland@mcft.ca
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.
>> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 4:03 PM
>> To: Rod Cumberland
>> Cc: David Amos
>> Subject: Re: Yo Chucky Baby Methinks that your buddies the IRVINGS and
>> even
>> the Feds are nervous now that your pal Charles Thériault has met my
>> challenge and seeks public office Surprise Surprise N'esy Pas???
>>
>> Why not pick up the phone???
>>
>> On 8/14/14, Rod Cumberland <rcumberland@mcft.ca> wrote:
>>> ??
>>>
>>> Roderick E. Cumberland
>>> BScF, Certified Wildlife Biologist
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Wildlife Instructor
>>> Maritime College of Forest Technology
>>> 1350 Regent Street
>>> Fredericton NB Canada
>>> E3C 2G6
>>> Office: 506 458 0678
>>> Cell: 506 470 4728
>>> Fax: 506 458 0679
>>> rcumberland@mcft.ca
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 2:16 PM
>>> To: rcumberland@mcft.ca
>>> Cc: David Amos
>>> Subject: Fwd: Yo Chucky Baby Methinks that your buddies the IRVINGS
>>> and even the Feds are nervous now that your pal Charles Thériault has
>>> met my challenge and seeks public office Surprise Surprise N'esy Pas???
>>>
>>> http://www.qdma.com/directory/
>>>
>>> Central New Brunswick Branch
>>> 507 Route 616
>>> Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick E6L 1S4
>>> Contact: Rod Cumberland
>>> (506) 363-3060 - Phone
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:14:25 -0600
>>> Subject: Yo Chucky Baby Methinks that your buddies the IRVINGS and
>>> even the Feds are nervous now that your pal Charles Thériault has met
>>> my challenge and seeks public office Surprise Surprise N'esy Pas???
>>> To: oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, kedgwickriver
>>> < kedgwickriver@gmail.com>, Donald Bowser <donald.bowser@smu.ca>,
>>> "Davidc.Coon" <Davidc.Coon@gmail.com>, "david.alward"
>>> < david.alward@gnb.ca>, "Paul.Harpelle" <Paul.Harpelle@gnb.ca>,
>>> "rick.doucet"
>>> < rick.doucet@gnb.ca>, Brian Gallant <briangallant@nbliberal.ca>,
>>> "mckeen.randy" <mckeen.randy@gmail.com>, "mclaughlin.heather"
>>> < mclaughlin.heather@
>>> "Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, acampbell
>>> < acampbell@ctv.ca>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, COCMoncton
>>> < COCMoncton@gmail.com>, markandcaroline <markandcaroline@gmail.com>,
>>> coordinator@nbfsan-rasanb.ca, madeleine <madeleine@berrevoets2014.ca>,
>>> "Bernard.Valcourt.c1"
>>> < Bernard.Valcourt.c1@parl.gc.
>>> < yvon.godin.a1@parl.gc.ca>
>>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "roger.l.brown"
>>> < roger.l.brown@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Wayne.Gallant"
>>> < Wayne.Gallant@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>>>
>>> http://vimeo.com/user13547312
>>>
>>> 4 days ago
>>> Charles Thériault tagged Campagne radio#7 with charlestheriault,
>>> kedgwick, candidatindépendant, restigoucheouest, 2014 and
>>> nouveaubrunswick
>>>
>>> http://thedavidamosrant.
>>> iault-should.html
>>>
>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/
>>> ml
>>>
>>> Just Dave
>>> By Location Visit Detail
>>> Visit 21,285
>>> Domain Name (Unknown)
>>> IP Address 198.164.72.# (Irving Oil Company)
>>> ISP University of New Brunswick
>>> Location Continent : North America
>>> Country : Canada (Facts)
>>> State/Region : New Brunswick
>>> City : Fredericton
>>> Lat/Long : 45.95, -66.6333 (Map)
>>> Language English (U.S.) en-us
>>> Operating System Microsoft WinNT
>>> Browser Mozilla 6.1
>>> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/7.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko
>>> Javascript version 1.5
>>> Monitor Resolution : 1440 x 900
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>>> Time of Visit Aug 12 2014 12:50:26 pm
>>> Last Page View Aug 12 2014 12:50:48 pm
>>> Visit Length 22 seconds
>>> Page Views 2
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>>> Visit Entry Page http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/
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>>> Out Click David R. Amos
>>> http://www.blogger.c...15428735081915360609
>>> Time Zone UTC-4:00
>>> Visitor's Time Aug 12 2014 12:50:26 pm
>>> Visit Number 21,285
>>>
>>> Just Dave
>>> By Location Visit Detail
>>> Visit 21,282
>>> Domain Name gc.ca ? (Canada)
>>> IP Address 192.197.82.# (Canadian House of Commons)
>>> ISP Canadian House of Commons
>>> Location Continent : North America
>>> Country : Canada (Facts)
>>> State/Region : Ontario
>>> City : Ottawa
>>> Lat/Long : 45.4167, -75.7 (Map)
>>> Language English (U.S.) en-us
>>> Operating System Macintosh WinNT
>>> Browser Safari 1.3
>>> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko)
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>>> Time of Visit Aug 11 2014 1:57:40 pm
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>>> Out Click
>>> Time Zone UTC-4:00
>>> Visitor's Time Aug 11 2014 1:57:40 pm
>>> Visit Number 21,282
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> That said I hope Chucky Leblanc, David Alward and their many Indian or
> Palestinian or gay friends are aware that that their old blogging butt
> buddy Mr Baconfat will be in Fat Fred City once again shortly. If not
> you dudes can never say that I didn't inform the RCMP and the DND
> before the evil Zioniist bastard appoaches any of my family or friends
> in the Maritmes. If he does trust that there will be Hell to pay.
>
> One thing I know for sure the corrupt cops in Fat Fred City such as
> Robb Costelo no doubt love readIng Mr Baconfat's blogs about Chucky
> Leblanc and mean old me. Here is his latest piece of work.
>
> Enjoy Ya Bastards
>
> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/
>
> Saturday, August 16, 2014
> Pedophiles Charles Leblanc, David Amos, and a Tale of Two Provinces
>
> This is really a tale of two provinces, two peoples, and two cultures.
> In maritime kanada generally, and Fredericton specifically there are
> "people" like Charles Leblanc, David Amos and his "family" of
> prostitutes. Charles Leblanc is a lay about, a bum, a social welfare
> parasite, a mental defective, convicted criminal, panhandler and con
> artist. But above all else Charles Leblanc of Westmorland Street in
> Fredericton is a pedophile. He has been under investigation by
> Fredericton Police, and other Canadian law enforcement agencies for
> some years now. His inter-net provider has been freely cooperating
> with police to eventually convict this criminal. Charles Leblanc has
> already been convicted of a violent assault. Mr. Leblanc has
> pathetically tried to disperse allegations against himself, by
> "accusing the entire Fredericton police force pedophiles, drug
> dealers, steroid monkies, deep into heavy drugs, racists, and being
> "maudit Quebecois."
>
> Charles Leblanc is diagnosed bipolar, sociopathic, having ADHD,
> epilepsy, being a moron, and a mental defective. Charles Leblanc would
> be an object of great pity, if he weren't fucker of small boys, into
> child porn, such an inter-net panhandler, and societal freeloader.
> Charles Leblanc likes drum up sympathy by telling the "cyber-world" he
> is the "product of a broken home." But the truth is, both his parents
> threw him out of the family home at 20 years old because he was a
> thief, freeloader, a lay about, and a fucker of children. To this day
> Charles Leblanc is despised by his Mother an Father.
>
> Charles Leblanc impersonates a "journalist" as he uses his blog to
> get people to give him, cameras, computer equipment, police scanners,
> beer, free dinners, flat screen TVs, furniture, clothing, use of cars,
> and any cash he can get. Charles Leblanc is a classic example of a New
> Brunswicker . Albertans would be better off if our federal tax dollars
> did not subsidize Canada's "welfare state" New Brunswick , and little
> boy fuckers like Charles Leblanc. All we can hope is brave Fredericton
> police get him off the street, and in jail soon
>
> Hiding with his "magic jack" phone on Donaldson Street in Halifax 902
> 800 0369, leeching off his children is David Amos. David Amos pimps
> out his kids and grand kids to perverts "earn his daily bread." David
> Amos is also a convicted criminal, pedophile, registered sex offender,
> and has outstanding criminal warrants in the United States of amerka.
> David Amos and his children are less than human sex trade workers. It
> is well known in maritime kanada, no one swallows past like an Amos!
>
> David Amos couldn't find Edmonton Alberta on a map, on the very best
> day he ever had. But this pathological liar created an elaborate yet
> ineffectual little con to try and convince the "cyber-world" he came
> here to get me and my better half. David Amos, and Charles Leblanc are
> the norm, typical maritime kanadians. Thank God I am an Albertan!
>
> It is fifteen minutes to noon this Saturday in maritime kanada. Do you
> know where you kids are? Charles Leblanc and or David Amos could be
> fucking them!
>
> Posted by Seren at 8:46 AM
>
> HOWEVER THERE ARE MANY MORE THAT MANY FOLKS WOULD NOT
> ENJOY READING. HERE ARE BUT A FEW.
>
> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/
>
> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/
>
> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/
>
> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/
>
> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/
>
> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/
>
> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/
>
> IMAGINE IF SUCH THINGS AS THIS WERE PUBLISHED ABOUT SOME COORUPT COP'S
> KID????
>
> http://baconfat53.blogspot.ca/
>
> Thursday, August 14, 2014
> Snuff Gracie, and an another "Testiment of Pure Political Evil"
> Gracie, baby, did your "Dad" give you my offer sheet for you to do
> a"snuff film!" Not a "real one" of course, well maybe. Gracie Baby
> I'll make you a very very big star! All you need is a baseball bat,
> and a gallon can of Mazolla Corn Oil.
>
> So Davey Baby, when will we "C'yall in court!" When will you finally
> get a "Canadian lawyer to sue me for a piece of the action?" When will
> you butt buddy Frankie Frost come and get Lori and myself?
>
> I'll be in your neck of woods soon son! Its a shame you and I, are
> destined to have this forever "unrequited love affair" from afar. lol
> lol
>
> Bang! Gracie Baby!
>
> Posted by Seren at 2:01 PM
>
>
> PART TWO
>
> http://www.windsorenergy.ca/
>
> Khalid Amin
> President and CEO
> Windsor Energy Inc.
> Direct:
> Email: (403) 975-0015
> khalid@windsorenergy.ca
>
> Head Office
> 900-600 6 Ave SW
> Calgary, AB T2P 0S5
> Phone: (403) 975-0015
> Fax: (403) 237-7389
>
>
> http://www.porlaw.com/
>
> Robert J. Peters
> Managing Partner
> PETERS ROUSE
> 839 Aberdeen Street
> Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 1S9
>
> Direct Line: 506-444-6580
> Email: rjpeters@porlaw.com
> Assistant: Ann Richards
> Tel: 506.444.6586
> Fax: 506.444.6550
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:32:30 -0400
> Subject: Andre meet Biil Csapo of Occupy Wall St He is a decent fellow
> who can be reached at (516) 708-4777 Perhaps you two should talk ASAP
> To: wcsapo <wcsapo@gmail.com>
> Cc: occupyfredericton <occupyfredericton@gmail.com>
>
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Subject: Your friends in Corridor or the Potash Corp or Bruce Northrup
> or the RCMP should have told you about this stuff not I
> To: "khalid" <khalid@windsorenergy.ca>, "Wayne.Lang"
> < Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "bruce.northrup@gnb.ca"
> < bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>, "oldmaison@yahoo.com" <oldmaison@yahoo.com>,
> "thenewbrunswicker" <thenewbrunswicker@gmail.com>, "chiefape"
> < chiefape@gmail.com>, "danfour" <danfour@myginch.com>, "evelyngreene"
> < evelyngreene@live.ca>, "Barry.MacKnight"
> < Barry.MacKnight@fredericton.
> < tom_alexander@swn.com>
> Cc: "thepurplevioletpress" <thepurplevioletpress@gmail.
> "maritime_malaise" <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>
> Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 4:16 PM
>
>
> http://www.archive.org/
>
> http://www.archive.org/
>
> http://davidamos.blogspot.com/
>
> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
> Senator Arlen Specter
> United States Senate
> Committee on the Judiciary
> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
> Washington, DC 20510
>
> Dear Mr. Specter:
>
> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
> raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that
> these are illegal
> FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in contact with you
> about this previously.
>
> Very truly yours,
> Barry A. Bachrach
> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>
>
>
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.
>
> http://globalnews.ca/news/
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>
> http://s3.documentcloud.org/
>
> Within the first 28 statements of the Windsor Energy lament it speaks
> of the government's bad faith in October and November of 2011 with
> regards to a one year licence to explore from September 19th, 2011 to
> September 18th, 2012. There is no mention of it s licence for the
> prior year of of the protests etc in Norton or of the CEO responses to
> them. It claims that the company did nothing wrong in Sussex the
> following year. However the media reported that Khalid Amin had
> apologized to the Sussex council, the town's residents and Northrup as
> well? What for???
>
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>
> "In the written statement, Northrup acknowledged that he had received
> a written apology from Khalid Amin, Windsor Energy's president and
> chief executive officer. Amin has also apologized to Sussex council
> and the town's residents, Northrup said.
>
> Sussex Mayor Ralph Carr previously told CBC News he had called Amin,
> asking him to apologize, but Amin turned him down."
>
> http://www.news919.com/2011/
>
> Sussex Mayor accepts apology from Windsor Energy
> Province to seek legal action against company.
>
> News Staff - Alison Morash Nov 8, 2011 11:04:31 AM
>
> SUSSEX, N.B. – The mayor of Sussex says he’s accepts an apology from
> seismic testing company Windsor Energy, who conducted seismic testing
> near Four Corners last month.
>
> While the province is seeking legal action against the company, Mayor
> Ralph Carr is satisfied that Windsor Energy acknowledges their wrong
> doings.
>
> After all the controversy surrounding shale gas exploration, Carr says
> he’s still divided on the idea of shale gas exploration in the region.
> “Although we do need the money big time, I’m not prepared to give up
> our New Brunswick and Maritime ways for money.”
>
> Natural Resources Minister Bruce Northrup is expected to go to police
> this week to seek charges against Windsor Energy for their violation
> of the province’s Oil and Natural Gas Act.
>
>
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>
> CBC News Posted: Jun 11, 2012
>
> Windsor Energy Inc. has been granted a five-year lease to continue
> exploring for oil and natural gas in southern New Brunswick.
>
> Drilling could begin next year, with government approval, the
> company's chief executive officer Khalid Amin has said
>
> http://thechronicleherald.ca/
>
> N.B. obligated to grant lease for shale gas exploration
> By KEVIN BISSETT The Canadian Press
> Published April 18, 2012 - 4:19am
>
> FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s natural resources minister says he is
> legally obligated to grant a five-year lease to Windsor Energy to
> explore for shale gas, even though he tried to have the company
> charged last year.
>
> Bruce Northrup said Tuesday that the Calgary-based company fulfilled
> all of the commitments set out under a three-year licence granted by
> the previous government.
>
> Under the terms of that licence, Windsor Energy spent $4.5 million on
> exploratory work in the province.
>
> "At the end of the day, we’re pretty well obligated to give them their
> lease," Northrup said.
>
> "We did seek legal opinion on that and I didn’t want to subject the
> people of New Brunswick to what could have been a lawsuit for the $4.5
> million and also future development."
>
> Last fall, his department alleged that Windsor Energy violated the Oil
> and Natural Gas Act by testing in Sussex without the consent of town
> council. The RCMP later said there were no grounds for charges. The
> company apologized, saying it should have waited for council’s
> approval.
>
> Northrup, who is also the elected member for the Sussex area, said
> giving the company a new lease was not an easy decision for him.
>
> "Everything happened basically in my backyard and I took offence to
> some of the things Windsor Energy did, but it was a learning
> experience for me as minister of natural resources," he said.
>
> "It was a learning experience for our government, and it was also a
> learning experience for industry in general."
>
> The new lease will allow Windsor Energy to do more testing in the
> Sussex, Hampton and Quispamsis areas, and drill some test wells in the
> search for shale gas.
>
> In a statement, Khalid Amin, president of Windsor Energy, said he was
> pleased to have the five-year lease approved.
>
> "We look forward to working with the province, minister and
> municipalities as we move forward in our exploration efforts to
> determine oil and gas reserves for the benefit of New Brunswick," Amin
> wrote in an email to The Canadian Press.
>
> Dominic Cardy, leader of the province’s New Democrats, called the
> government’s approval of the lease "foolish."
>
> Liberal Energy critic Brian Kenny says the public is opposed to shale
> gas exploration and the government should impose a moratorium on
> hydraulic fracturing until more details are known
>
>
> I do declare that statements 29 30 & 31 about Lease ONG 09-05 are VERY
> interesting to Mean Old Me and I know for a fact all the parties named
> within this lawsuit know why that is.
>
>
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/
>
> Norton residents protest seismic testing
> CBC News Posted:Nov 09, 2010 9:02 AM AT
>
> The RCMP was called in to diffuse a protest in Norton on Monday as
> residents were blocking an energy company’s access to test for natural
> gas.
>
> Residents of Teakles Road in the southern New Brunswick community are
> upset that Windsor Energy has been given approval to perform seismic
> testing in the area.
>
> Windsor Energy is testing in the Norton area to see if there is
> natural gas trapped in underground shale.
>
> The handful of residents began protesting two days ago.
>
> Shirley Teakles said the group was hoping to stop the company from
> going forward with the testing.
>
> Trevor Carson, another Teakles Road resident, said he’s concerned if
> natural gas deposits are discovered in the area the company will
> damage the environment in the process of extracting it.
>
> "I have to live here. Everybody else gets to go home, except for me
> and the residents of this street," Carson said.
>
> The RCMP were called on Monday to move Carson and his neighbours out of the
> way.
>
> RCMP Sgt. Bruce Reid said he spoke with the protesters, outlining the
> concerns with their decision to block the road.
>
> "After explaining that to them and advising them of the law, they
> co-operated," Reid said.
>
> Carson said he was told to move his vehicle or face possible charges
> of blocking a right of way, disturbing the peace, and public mischief.
>
> But he contends it's the company that's not playing by the rules.
> Carson said some of the testing was done too close to some homes and a
> well.
>
> Khalid Amin, the president and chief executive officer of Windsor
> Energy, denies the company has tested too closely to any homes or
> wells.
>
> Amin said residents' fears about seismic testing are unfounded.
>
> He said it's perfectly safe and the company will pay for any damage if
> it occurs.
>
> Reversed decision
> Norton council had originally prohibited Windsor Energy from
> performing the testing in the area.
>
> However, the council reversed that decision in a public meeting that
> residents said they were not informed of.
>
> The village mayor said the seismic testing was approved with certain
> provisions.
>
> For instance, by allowing the company to test in specific areas in the
> community, Windsor Energy will not be testing close to people's
> backyards.
>
> Many people who live around the test sites are concerned about the
> safety of their wells. The village has also put in place provisions
> that would force the company to pay for any damage testing may cause,
> according to Mayor Wendy Alcorn.
>
> Carson said he is not swayed by the village's response to the testing
> controversy.
>
> He said he plans to look into a possible civil suit and vows to fight
> any future seismic testing.
>
> http://news.ca.msn.com/local/
>
> Seismic testing public meetings cancelled
>
> By CBC News, Updated: September 4, 2011 6:08 PM
>
> Windsor Energy has cancelled three public meetings on seismic testing
> in southern New Brunswick.
>
> The oil and gas company had scheduled meetings in Sussex, Hampton and
> Norton for the coming week to talk about plans for a new seismic
> testing project between Sussex and Hampton.
>
> Seismic testing is done to identify areas that could be gas-bearing.
>
> President and CEO of Windsor Energy, Khalid Amin, said the decision to
> cancel the meetings had nothing to do with recent protests or
> vandalism. Roughly 1,000 people protested against hydro-fracking on
> the front lawn of the legislature earlier in August.
>
> Hydro-fracking uses water mixed with chemicals and sand and allows
> companies to access natural gas deposits.
>
> "Obviously it's a very real concern when citizens aren't complying to
> the laws and making threats or vandalizing premises, and that's a
> concern to everybody. It should be a concern to all New Brunswickers,"
> Amin said Saturday.
>
> Protesters have been concerned the process will ruin water supplies.
>
> Amin said the project has been delayed because permits are taking
> longer to get than expected.
>
> "It's been a delay in getting the equipment, the people, the permits,
> the approvals, all these type of things," Amin said. "It's just taking
> a little longer than we thought, so we're just waiting on that then
> we'll go later in the fall and do the program."
>
>
> http://www.news919.com/2011/
>
> RCMP won’t charge energy firm after N.B. government alleges violations
> Staff Dec 7, 2011 04:18:09 PM
>
>
> FREDERICTON, N.B. – Police won’t lay charges against an energy company
> despite allegations by New Brunswick’s natural resources minister that
> it violated provincial legislation.
>
> RCMP Sgt. Jean Devost said their investigation into Windsor Energy is
> complete, but he declined to say why investigators would not press
> charges.
>
> Devost said that information would have to come from the complainant,
> the province’s Natural Resources Department.
>
> A Natural Resources spokesman says there were no reasonable and
> probable grounds for charges.
>
> Natural Resources Minister Bruce Northrup referred the matter to the
> RCMP last month, alleging Windsor Energy had conducted seismic testing
> along a highway inside the boundaries of Sussex without municipal
> permission.
>
> Northrup said written permission from the town is required by the
> province’s Oil and Natural Gas Act.
>
> Khalid Amin, the president of Windsor Energy, apologized soon after
> the incident.
>
> He declined comment today.
>
> Northrup says it’s clear provincial regulations aren’t strong enough
> and is promising changes to stiffen them within the next month or two.
>
> Opposition leader Victor Boudreau says the regulations now in place
> aren’t protecting people.
>
>
>
>
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>
> Windsor Energy tried to muzzle NDP, says leader
> CBC News Posted: Dec 08, 2011 12:45 PM
>
> NDP Leader Dominic Cardy says the head of Windsor Energy told him he
> would hear from his lawyers if he didn't stop making comments about
> the company.
>
> The leader of the New Brunswick NDP alleges that the head of Windsor
> Energy, a gas exploration company, has tried to silence him.
>
> Dominic Cardy claims Windsor's CEO Khalid Amin called him Wednesday
> and told him he didn't like his recent comments that the company had
> broken New Brunswick's oil and gas law in Sussex.
>
> "And (he) went on to say, over the course of several minutes and in
> several different ways, that if I didn't stop, I would hear from his
> lawyers," Cardy said.
>
> The Calgary-based company has apologized to Sussex town council for
> its contractor Seismotion conducting testing within town limits on
> Oct. 17 without written permission, but has not admitted to breaking
> the law.
>
> CBC News called the number on Cardy's cell phone's incoming-call log
> and Amin answered, but he refused to do an interview about his call to
> Cardy.
>
> Natural Resources Minister Bruce Northrup has also said Windsor Energy
> broke the rules and should be penalized, but announced Wednesday the
> company will not face charges.
>
> A contractor for Windsor Energy conducted testing in Sussex without
> the town's approval. ((CBC))
>
> After a government investigation, Northrup forwarded a complaint about
> the incident to the RCMP in November.
>
> But the RCMP concluded its investigation and will not lay charges
> because nothing in the existing regulations allows a company to be
> punished or penalized, Northrup said.
>
> "They did break the law," he said, vowing to strengthen the
> regulations governing oil and gas companies.
>
> Meanwhile, Windsor's exploration licence expired in November, and
> Northrup said he can choose not to issue the company more permits.
>
> Opposition leader Victor Boudreau is calling for a moratorium, saying
> there may be other companies in the future that run into similar
> issues.
>
> Premier David Alward has indicated that he wants to implement the
> continent's strongest regulations on the shale gas industry.
>
> The Progressive Conservative government has also promised to introduce
> a new Environmental Protection Plan in March.
>
>
>
>
> .http://www.590cjcw.com/news_
>
> Windsor Energy RSVPs
> By Ryan Everest. Last updated: 2012-05-24 11:04:47
>
> Sussex town council plans to sit down with President and CEO of
> Windsor Energy Incorporated, Khalid Amin later this year.
>
> Amin responded to an invitation to the town to discuss the compnay's
> future plans for the Sussex area.
>
> Over the last two years, Windsor Energy acquired 2D seismic data and
> SWN resources Canada acquired geochem surface data over Windsor’s
> permit in 2011.
>
> This year the energy company will focus on generating drill ready
> prospects.
>
> Amin also intends to meet with the towns of Norton and Hampton when he
> visits the area.
>
>
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>
> Shale gas panel chair urges public participation
> Alward government seeks input on proposed regulations
> CBC News Posted: Jun 11, 2012 6:32 PM AT
>
> Louis LaPierre says citizens' concerns could be incorporated into the
> proposed regulations.
> The chair of the provincial government's shale gas panel is urging
> citizens to participate in a series of public meetings about proposed
> new regulations for the industry.
>
> Louis LaPierre, a biologist from the University of Moncton, says the
> meetings, which continue Monday night in Durham Bridge, are a chance
> for New Brunswickers to have their voices heard.
>
> "If they don't show up at these meetings and express their concerns,
> then their concerns may not be heard," he told CBC News.
>
> "It's a time when the government is preparing to draft legislation and
> the current time there are some drafts out there. If people bring
> forth their issues, the legislation that's currently out for review
> could be modified. Their views could be incorporated."
>
> The Alward government is proposing 116 different changes to the
> regulatory framework that oversees the oil and gas industry and in
> particular the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing, also
> known as hydro-fracking.
>
> Hydro-fracking is a process where exploration companies inject a
> mixture of water, sand and chemicals into the ground, creating cracks
> in shale rock formations. That process allows companies to extract
> natural gas from areas that would otherwise go untapped.
>
> Opponents of the process say it could have a negative effect on local
> water supplies and many of them have held protests across the
> province.
>
> Stricter rules proposed
> The proposed new regulations, unveiled by Natural Resources Minister
> Bruce Northrup and Environment Minister Bruce Fitch last month, set
> out strict rules on protecting the environment.
>
> Natural gas companies will also be subject to higher fines if they
> break the rules. The existing penalties for companies that violate any
> of the laws governing the oil and gas industry range from $640 to
> $10,400. But the provincial government is going to hike those
> penalties as high as $1 million and take more control over levying the
> fines.
>
> The changes also include overhauling the royalty framework to ensure
> more money flows into the provincial coffers and is sent to property
> owners and communities where mining activity is taking place.
>
> "It's not always that we have the opportunity to influence prior to
> the start of the process," said LaPierre.
>
> "This is an occasion where industry is just being considered, being
> developed, being tested, and it'll be a few more years down the road
> before it becomes a full-fledged industry, if it does," he said. "And
> people's concerns and issues could be incorporated into the
> legislation."
>
> Public has until July 18
> The Durham Bridge meeting is the second in a series of eight being held.
>
> During each public meeting there will be an open house session for 90
> minutes where people can speak to members of the provincial
> government's natural gas group. There will also be a 30-minute
> presentation, followed by a question period.
>
> The first meeting was held in Chipman. Meetings are also slated for
> Havelock on June 18, Hillsborough on June 19, Grand Falls on June 20,
> Bathurst on June 21, Bouctouche on June 22, Blackville on June 25 and
> Norton on July 4.
>
> The provincial government will also accept written comments from
> citizens until July 18.
>
> The Natural Resources minister has said he'd like to see the new rules
> in place for 2013.
>
> Windsor Energy Inc. has been granted a five-year lease to continue
> exploring for oil and natural gas in southern New Brunswick.
>
> Drilling could begin next year, with government approval, the
> company's chief executive officer Khalid Amin has said.
>
> Meanwhile, Southwestern Resources Canada has abandoned its seismic
> testing for shale gas this summer, citing delays in obtaining
> provincial permits.
>
> Testing was expected to be carried out on private properties in Kent
> County for two or three months, with the permission of the owners.
>
> The delayed testing could push back until 2016 the company's decision
> on whether it's viable to extract shale gas in the province, Tom
> Alexander, the general manager for New Brunswick, has said.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:23:21 -0300
> Subject: Perhaps you and I should talk ASAP Trust that I studied your
> company too
> To: khalid@windsorenergy.ca
>
> Thanks for the tip about BHP. You and I should talk very soon because
> I am about to pass around some info about Windsor Energy because of
> some local meeting this weekend.
>
> To be fair to you and your company. You can save these words to keep
> me honest. I am not against fracking or mining as long as corporations
> and governments hold to the rule of law that are already in place to
> protect the environment and our interests as best as humanly possible.
> I understand that accidents can happen and I understand my fellow
> Maritimers far better than you obviously do. It is the royalties paid
> to the the stakeholders (the citizens the governments represent) that
> concern me the most.
>
> Trust that I am likely better known and better liked by the common
> folk in the Sussex area than Ralph Carr or Bruce Northrup or Rob
> Moore. It does not reflect in the polls merely because if you but a
> blue coat on the dog in Fundy it will get elected. On the other hand
> another awful truth is that if a Maritimer thinks his property or kids
> are threatened he will bury the bastard in the yard so to speak and
> all his neighbors will bring shovels to help him dig. It is because no
> one trusts let alone respect the politicians and most hate the corrupt
> RCMP as well.
>
> Your words in the media raised the ire of ordinary folks and McLeod,
> Alward and their puppetmasters (Derek Burney and Harper and Mulroney
> for example) know it. Your company may become a scapegoat in order to
> make him appear ethical.
>
> Here are two good recent examples to support what I say is true.
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>
> Surf through this old file of mine from 2003 to make certain that I am
> no bullshitter like Bruce Northrup most certainly is
>
> http://www.checktheevidence.
>
> I know for a fact I can help you make the govenment keep its contract
> with you but your task will be to convince me as to why should I wish
> to
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Ramond Amos
> 902 800 0369
>
> On 10/22/11, khalid@windsorenergy.ca <khalid@windsorenergy.ca> wrote:
>> BHP is coming to Sussex very soon. Old Millstream deposit.
>>
>> Some dirt:
>> http://telegraphjournal.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:30:40
>> To: <khalid@windsorenergy.ca>
>> Subject: Re: Fwd: Attn Peter J. Cambs RE SWN I have been invited to take
>> all the greasy gassy oily people to Federal Court in Canada
>>
>> In a nutshell its called public corruption
>>
>> Did you read this email and study the attachments?
>>
>> I know who you are if you had read the email you would have noticed
>> that i have been studying Potash and Corridor since I first ran for a
>> seat in Parliament in he Sussex area in 2004. One of the attachments
>> proved that I am the guy who threw a wrench in the BHP hostile
>> takeover bid for Potash one year ago
>>
>> FYI I am this David Amos
>>
>> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
>>
>>
>> On 10/21/11, khalid@windsorenergy.ca <khalid@windsorenergy.ca> wrote:
>>> Yes we are partners on some land. What is this all about ?
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>>> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:20:37
>>> To: <khalid@windsorenergy.ca>
>>> Subject: Re: Fwd: Attn Peter J. Cambs RE SWN I have been invited to take
>>> all the greasy gassy oily people to Federal Court in Canada
>>>
>>> You are hooked at the hip with Corridor Resources
>>>
>>> On 10/21/11, khalid@windsorenergy.ca <khalid@windsorenergy.ca> wrote:
>>>> I don't understand why I was emailed.
>>>> I am Windsor Energy
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:20:47
>>>> To: <khalid@windsorenergy.ca>
>>>> Subject: Re: Fwd: Attn Peter J. Cambs RE SWN I have been invited to
>>>> take
>>>> all the greasy gassy oily people to Federal Court in Canada
>>>>
>>>> I am preparing a lawsuit and suggesting that my old friends settle with
>>>> me first
>>>>
>>>> On 10/21/11, khalid@windsorenergy.ca <khalid@windsorenergy.ca> wrote:
>>>>> What's this about?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
>>>>>
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Subject: Your friends in Corridor or the Potash Corp or Bruce Northrup
> or the RCMP should have told you about this stuff not I
> To: "khalid" <khalid@windsorenergy.ca>, "Wayne.Lang"
> < Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "bruce.northrup@gnb.ca"
> < bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>, "oldmaison@yahoo.com" <oldmaison@yahoo.com>,
> "thenewbrunswicker" <thenewbrunswicker@gmail.com>, "chiefape"
> < chiefape@gmail.com>, "danfour" <danfour@myginch.com>, "evelyngreene"
> < evelyngreene@live.ca>, "Barry.MacKnight"
> < Barry.MacKnight@fredericton.
> < tom_alexander@swn.com>
> Cc: "thepurplevioletpress" <thepurplevioletpress@gmail.
> "maritime_malaise" <maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>
> Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 4:16 PM
>
>
> http://www.archive.org/
>
> http://www.archive.org/
>
> http://davidamos.blogspot.com/
>
> FEDERAL EXPRES February 7, 2006
> Senator Arlen Specter
> United States Senate
> Committee on the Judiciary
> 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
> Washington, DC 20510
>
> Dear Mr. Specter:
>
> I have been asked to forward the enclosed tapes to you from a man
> named, David Amos, a Canadian citizen, in connection with the matters
> raised in the attached letter. Mr. Amos has represented to me that
> these are illegal FBI wire tap tapes. I believe Mr. Amos has been in
> contact with you about this previously.
>
> Very truly yours,
> Barry A. Bachrach
> Direct telephone: (508) 926-3403
> Direct facsimile: (508) 929-3003
> Email: bbachrach@bowditch.com
>
>
>
>
> http://www2.gnb.ca/content/
>
> Natural Resources
>
> Investigation concludes Windsor Energy violated Oil and Natural Gas Act
> 02 November 2011.
>
> FREDERICTON (CNB) – The following statement was issued today by
> Natural Resources Minister Bruce Northrup:
>
> An investigation conducted by the Department of Natural Resources has
> concluded that Windsor Energy Inc. of Calgary, Alta., violated the Oil
> and Natural Gas Act when it directed a contracted company to conduct
> geophysical exploration within the boundaries of the town of Sussex.
>
> The investigation found that on Monday, Oct. 17, geophysical testing
> involving the use of truck-mounted vibration equipment was conducted
> along a highway inside the town's boundaries.
>
> Under regulation 86-191 of the Oil and Natural Gas Act, a
> municipality's written permission is required before geophysical
> activity can be conducted inside the boundaries of an incorporated
> municipality.
>
> In this case, Windsor Energy Inc. directed a contracted company to
> conduct exploratory seismic testing even though it knew a request for
> permission to do so would not be considered by Sussex town council
> until a special council meeting called for Oct. 18 to consider this
> application.
>
> The company's president and chief executive officer, Khalid Amin, has
> been quoted in media reports as stating he knew that permission had
> not been granted and was also aware this testing would intrude within
> the boundaries of the municipality.
>
> As such, I consider this to be a case of blatant disregard for
> provincial legislation and the authority that rests with the Town of
> Sussex and all municipalities in our province.
>
> I believe Mr. Amin owes a sincere public apology to the mayor,
> councillors and people of Sussex for this show of disrespect.
>
> As minister of Natural Resources, I have directed staff to take
> appropriate action.
>
> It should be noted that Windsor Energy Inc. has since concluded all
> geophysical testing in this area that was permitted under a three-year
> licence to explore.
>
> Finally, I wish to assure New Brunswickers that companies exploring
> for or developing oil and natural gas reserves in our province will be
> held to the highest standards in their conduct and adherence to our
> laws.
>
> The rules we have in place and those now being developed are intended
> to protect our environment and our people. They must be respected or
> serious consequences will result.
>
> Media Contact(s)Anne Bull, communications, Department of Natural
> Resources, 506-453-2614, anne.bull@gnb.ca
>
> http://www2.gnb.ca/content/
>
> News Release
> Natural Resources
> Complaint filed against Windsor Energy for alleged violation of Oil
> and Natural Gas Act
> 09 November 2011
>
> FREDERICTON (CNB) – The following statement was issued today by
> Natural Resources Minister Bruce Northrup:
>
> I wish to inform the public that a complaint has been filed by the
> Department of Natural Resources with the RCMP alleging Windsor Energy
> Inc. of Calgary, Alta., violated the Oil and Natural Gas Act by
> directing a contracted company to conduct geophysical exploration
> within the boundaries of the Town of Sussex.
>
> An investigation by the department concluded that on Monday, Oct. 17,
> geophysical testing involving the use of truck-mounted vibration
> equipment was conducted along a highway inside the town's boundaries.
>
> Under regulation 86-191 of the Oil and Natural Gas Act, a
> municipality's written permission is required before geophysical
> activity can be conducted inside the boundaries of an incorporated
> municipality.
>
> The department has turned over the results of its investigation, and
> all other pertinent information, to the RCMP.
>
> As this matter is now before the RCMP for investigation, it would not
> be appropriate for me to comment further on this specific case.
>
> I do wish to acknowledge a written apology that I received from Khalid
> Amin, president and chief executive officer of Windsor Energy. Mr.
> Amin said he has also apologized to the mayor, councillors and people
> of Sussex.
>
> Finally, New Brunswickers can be assured that all companies exploring
> for or developing oil and natural gas reserves in our province are
> expected to observe our laws and that we will ensure these laws are
> upheld.
>
> The rules we have in place and those now being developed to strengthen
> our regulatory framework are intended to protect our people and our
> environment, and must be respected.
>
> Media Contact(s)Anne Bull, communications, Department of Natural
> Resources, 506-453-2614, anne.bull@gnb.ca.
>
>
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>
>
> N.B. files RCMP complaint against Windsor Energy
> Investigation may take months
> CBC News Posted: Nov 09, 2011 10:09 AM
>
> The New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources has filed a
> complaint against Windsor Energy Inc. with the RCMP for allegedly
> violating the Oil and Natural Gas Act.
>
> The Calgary-based company is accused of directing a contracted company
> to conduct geophysical exploration within the boundaries of the town
> of Sussex without the town's permission, according to a statement
> issued Wednesday by Natural Resources Minister Bruce Northrup.
>
> "An investigation by the department concluded that on Monday, Oct. 17,
> geophysical testing involving the use of truck-mounted vibration
> equipment was conducted along a highway inside the town's boundaries,"
> he said.
>
> 'As this matter is now before the RCMP for investigation, it would not
> be appropriate for me to comment further on this specific case.'
> —Natural Resources Minister Bruce NorthrupUnder regulation 86-191 of
> the Oil and Natural Gas Act, a municipality's written permission is
> required before geophysical activity can be conducted inside the
> boundaries of an incorporated municipality.
>
> "As this matter is now before the RCMP for investigation, it would not
> be appropriate for me to comment further on this specific case," said
> Northrup, whose riding includes Sussex.
>
> The investigation could take months, Northrup told reporters during a
> news conference Wednesday.
>
> "It's not delaying anything at all. It is regulation, the regulation
> has been broken, so we feel very strongly that the RCMP will do their
> best," he said.
>
> "I have a lot of confidence in the RCMP and the justice system and
> they'll work with the Crown prosecutor to get all of the information
> together to see if there's actions to be taken.
>
> "It may take months to complete, but we feel at the end of the day
> this is the right way to do it," said Northrup.
>
> "Everything has been kind of put on hold for the next little while
> with all the companies. They won't be doing any more seismic work,
> they won't be doing any exploration. Everything's been taken back to
> their head offices that they've done this year, so we don't expect any
> more work until March or April of next year so if it takes two or
> three months for the RCMP to investigate it and get back to us, then
> we have the time to do it."
>
> As it stands, Windsor Energy has completed its testing for the year,
> but has permits that would allow it to keep testing into the spring.
>
> Northrup has previously said it is clear Windsor Energy broke the
> rules and did so intentionally.
>
> The contractor, Seismotion, has said its crews arrived in Sussex two
> days ahead of schedule and decided not to wait for town consent.
> ((CBC))
> Its contractor, Seismotion, originally asked for town approval to do
> tests within the community, and councillors arranged a special meeting
> in October, just ahead of the company's scheduled arrival, the
> department found.
>
> But when Seismotion crews arrived in Sussex two days ahead of
> schedule, the company decided not to wait for town consent.
>
> The department's investigation was launched after it received
> complaints about the testing, including a unanimous letter from Sussex
> council, asking the government to take action against the company.
>
> That investigation illustrated the need for stronger regulations for
> the emerging industry, Northrup has said.
>
> In Wednesday's statement, Northrup said: "New Brunswickers can be
> assured that all companies exploring for or developing oil and natural
> gas reserves in our province are expected to observe our laws and that
> we will ensure these laws are upheld.
>
> "The rules we have in place and those now being developed to
> strengthen our regulatory framework are intended to protect our people
> and our environment, and must be respected."
>
> Earlier this week, Northrup vowed he would take "strong action"
> against the company. "We feel that Windsor Energy has gone against us
> and has gone against the people of New Brunswick," he said Monday
> during the province's annual conference for the mining and petroleum
> industry in Fredericton.
>
> In the written statement, Northrup acknowledged that he had received a
> written apology from Khalid Amin, Windsor Energy's president and chief
> executive officer. Amin has also apologized to Sussex council and the
> town's residents, Northrup said.
>
> Sussex Mayor Ralph Carr previously told CBC News he had called Amin,
> asking him to apologize, but Amin turned him down.
>
>
>
> Wednesday, 2 November 2011The Windsor Energy shuffle?
> By Cheryl Norrad
>
> Alberta-based Windsor Energy Corp wasn't the only company headed by
> Khalid Amin that applied for and received a license to explore for
> shale gas in New Brunswick under the Graham government. Ittihad
> Capital Corporation had already been granted rights on a parcel of
> land near Sussex in November 2008.
>
> Windsor Energy Corp was a company supposedly only a few months old
> when it applied for a license to explore for shale gas in the spring
> of 2009. The land it intended to explore lay adjacent to that of the
> Ittihad ground.
>
> The two companies were separate at the time of their applications to
> the province. The plan for Amin was to fold Ittihad into Windsor
> Energy Corp and explore as one entity, but the merger hadn't legally
> taken place before each company was granted a license.
>
> Ittihad was an investment firm when it was used by Amin to get the
> first exploration license from the province in 2008, leaving an
> impression no connection with oil and gas existed until the creation
> of Windsor Energy Corp the following year. However, there is no
> evidence online that Windsor Energy Corp from 1996 was disbanded in
> 2009, when it was removed from trading by the SEC.(This publication is
> still investigating whether oil and gas company Windsor Energy Corp,
> which began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange in November 1996,
> and had it's securities revoked by the SEC in 2009, see article, is
> the same one now in the province, but just a re-constituted version).
>
> According to its online profile, the founding values of Ittihad
> Captial Corporation are trust, integrity and value. It claims to,
> "...provide cost-effective ethical financial and business
> solutions...promote social development, environmental protection,
> corporate accountability, and respect for religion..." It has a staff
> of two, the President being Suhail Ahmed. However, there are no
> pictures of corporate employees on the website, nor is the telephone
> number in working order. When this publication attempted to contact
> ICC, it received the following recording: "The number you have dialed
> cannot be reached at this time." The same was experienced when
> attempts were made recently to contact Windsor Energy Corp.
>
> In his December 10, 2008 blog post from his site, It's the Economy,
> Stupid, respected New Brunswick economist David Campbell quibbled with
> Amin's claims that the oil and gas potential for the province was
> significant, making New Brunswick a 'have' province like Newfoundland.
> Campbell said the statements by the Ittihad Capital Corporation head,
> "smell a bit fishy" and parsed the numbers which showed Amin's claims
> to be questionable.
>
> As of its so-called launch in 2009, Amin is the only employee of
> Windsor Energy Corp.
>
> Today, Natural Resources Minister Bruce Northrup released results of
> an investigation by the department, finding Windsor Energy Corp
> violated the Oil and Gas Act by completing seismic testing in Sussex
> without town permission. Northrup is demanding the company make an
> apology to the public.
>
> As of this writing, there was no response from Windsor Energy Corp.
>
> http://
>
> Thursday, December 08, 2011
>
> Windsor Energy declares war on New Brunswickers!!!!
>
> WOW!!! BIG NEWS!!!
>
> Windsor Energy declares war on New Brunswickers!!!!
>
> First of all, I'm not a big Fan of the Leader of the New Brunswick NDP
> Dominic Cardy.
>
> The simple fact that he wasn't chosen Leader in a true Leadership
> Convention bothers this Blogger.
>
> But if what he told the media today is true?
>
> Windsor Energy just secured that Shale Gas will never drilled here in
> New Brunswick!!!
>
> The Windsor's CEO Khalid Amin phoned the suppose Leader of the NDP and
> suggested that he backs down with his negative comments or he'll be
> sued!!
>
> Attitude?????
>
> You darn right that Windsor Energy has a huge attitude. You can just
> imagine their attitude after they begin blasting for Shale Gas.
>
> New Brunswickers should be VERY concern of the Attitude of these Oil
> Companies.
>
> It's going to be a war in the Spring!!!
>
> Hey? Maybe this is the reason I was arrested a few months ago so I
> would be silent?
>
> Who truly knows!!!
>
> We need the Natives to fight this war.
>
> What did Bugs Bunny say again???
>
> UPDATE!!!
>
> Chatted with the Premier today!!!
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> Posted by Charles LeBlanc at 5:21:00 PM 1 comment :
>
> I declare war on Gasholes said...
> Good then we are at war with them.
>
> 9:44 PM, December 08, 2011
>
> http://davidwcampbell.com/?p=
>
> It's The Economy, Stupid
>
> Words matter: Learning from shale gas
> Posted on December 27, 2012 by David Campbell
>
> You have probably noticed all the interest in shale gas and related
> developments in British Columbia. There was concern over a
> state-owned Malaysian firm offering billions of dollars to buy into a
> northern BC shale play. Now Chevron wants in spending a pile on both
> shares in a shale gas play and in the pipeline infrastructure to
> distribute the gas.
>
> How many stories have you read lately about companies looking to spend
> hundreds of millions to help develop New Brunswick’s shale gas?
>
> Zero.
>
> I could be talking about Arkansas or Pennsylvania or Bakken but BC is
> more instructive because it is a Canadian province just like New
> Brunswick.
>
> You could argue, rightly, that NB’s shale gas development industry is
> more theoretical than BC where 50% of all new gas wells are from shale
> and other unconventional sources.
>
> But it is stil interesting to me. Back in the latter part of the
> first decade there was a lot of interest in exploratory work in New
> Brunswick. Now? Who knows. Maybe there is interest but it isn’t
> showing up in the media.
>
> Of course the low price of gas and the US glut isn’t helping but those
> market dynamics are in place out in BC too.
>
> What bugs me the most is the political response. Instead of looking
> at our natural gas as an important and valuable resource much of the
> political response has been to demonize the resource. Of course the
> tepid and very lacklustre response from just about every other
> stakeholder just reinforced much of this view. Name me one
> influential stakeholder that vigorously endorsed shale gas
> development? There were some external voices – Donald Savoie comes to
> mind- that were very supportive of at least getting through a proper
> exporation phase for the industry just to see if we can actually
> extract commercially viable gas – but not many.
>
> Now companies are dumping billions into BC and nothing into NB. I
> hope that will change but…..
>
>
> 31 Responses to Words matter: Learning from shale gas
>
> Stephen Downes says:
> December 27, 2012 at 5:42 pm
> Instead of blaming the political response, I would be looking at the
> corporate environment in new Brunswick and asking why it is
> unwelcoming to investment from outside.
>
> Peter Lindfield says:
> December 27, 2012 at 10:17 pm
> The experts usually are right about hazard, and the public usually is
> right about outrage. Experts face two critical communication tasks in
> the shale gas risk controversy, not one. The task everyone
> acknowledges is the need to communicate better, to explain that the
> hazard is low, at least hypothetical. The task that tends to be
> ignored is the need to listen better, to hear that the outrage is high
> and take action to reduce it.
>
> Some have been supportive of the industry by simply stating that the
> hazards are low. The hazards may indeed be low, but that’s not really
> the issue. Others have been supportive by stating that the province
> needs the revenues. This argument is cynical even on the face of it.
> One of the key reasons that outrage is high is that people don’t
> believe that government or companies can be trusted to keep their
> commitments to regulate, monitor and enforce the industry to keep
> hazard at a minimum or to appropriately compensate those who will be
> adversely affected.
>
> We know that the core issue is one of trust. How have government and
> industry responded to that knowledge?
>
> mikel says:
> December 28, 2012 at 12:50 am
> I think Mr. Campbell has too much of a bee in his bonnet over the
> protestors. The government of New Brunswick has CONSISTENTLY touted
> the benefits of the gas industry, and that never changed when the
> government switched to the other party. They signed a five lease to a
> company that broke the province’s law. The liberals are making noises
> about a moratorium, but clearly that is just to get elected.
>
> Meanwhile, if the government had simply announced a year long
> moratorium, as the original protestors asked, this would have been all
> over and done with. Sorry to be so critical, but seriously you have to
> be crazy to think that the New Brunswick government has ANY idea what
> it is doing regarding gas development. They may have good intentions
> but they are clearly out of their league.
>
> As for investment, the province has pretty much opened its doors for
> companies to do exactly the same as they did with the forest industry.
> There are some noises about small businesses getting hurt by the talk
> about regulations, but again, protestors have been demanded
> regulations for YEARS, they aren’t stopping the government.
>
> Meanwhile, one of the only partnerships developing gas dissolved
> because the larger company saw no reason to test any further. Now,
> when the guys who stand to make or lose money make decisions, its
> worthwhile to pay attention.
>
> So like the first poster said, when you wonder why no malaysian
> company is offering billions, ask the CORPORATE sector, not the
> government. At no time in the past has the government of NEw Brunswick
> EVER stopped development, and has given no indication that it will. So
> if the province doesn’t look like BC, don’t ask the government-they’re
> every bit as willing to bend over as BC-probably more so.
>
> Phil says:
> December 28, 2012 at 1:50 am
> Are you getting income directly or indirectly from the energy
> industry? If think you need to clearly state your financial situation
> regards this issue.
>
> Why do u use neutral language when discussing the benefits of shale
> supporters, and low grade negative language for those who are
> concerned with the costs of such action?
>
> Ultimately you play up benefits and down play costs…very Wall Street of
> you.
>
> Tony says:
> December 28, 2012 at 2:03 am
> Here is a great lecture by Michael Porter which is very relevant to
> your last phrase (“I hope that will change but…”)
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?
>
> David Campbell says:
> December 28, 2012 at 12:40 pm
> I have not received any payment from any source to promote shale gas.
> The closest I have been indirectly to the industry is a paper I worked
> on with the Atlantica Centre for Energy on the supply of natural gas.
> This was a research paper and my involvement with it was well
> publicized.
>
> I will restate, however; that there is no problem at all with actors
> in any public policy debate – on all sides – taking payment to promote
> ideas. That’s part of the democratic process. As with the commenter, I
> do believe people should be upfront when they are paid to promote
> specific points of view – either in print or online.
>
> The issue raised by Downes is an important one. The lack of support
> among the business community has been puzzling given that many of them
> should be set to benefit through the supply chain. There are over 100
> firms in the oil and gas supply chain in the small province of
> Saskachewan.
>
> Tony says:
> December 28, 2012 at 2:24 pm
> @mikel
> “when you wonder why no malaysian company is offering billions, ask
> the CORPORATE sector, not the government.”
>> As I said in a comment to another post, the corporate sector is not
>> investing because (1) the “right” government incentives are not in place
>> and (2) public opinion pressure makes the current investment environment
>> quite unstable. The second point could be addressed by an unequivocal
>> statement by both the NB government and the opposition that they support
>> shale gas exploration. Just put yourself for a moment in the place of a
>> Malaysian company looking for investment opportunities in North America
>> and answer the following question: are there other jurisdictions that
>> offer a more stable and friendly investment environment than New
>> Brunswick?
>
> mikel says:
> December 28, 2012 at 7:31 pm
> Tony, I was going to go looking for quotes, but there are simply TOO
> MANY. Just type in ‘david alward on shale gas’ or ‘new brunswick
> government on shale gas’. The opposition is irrelevant, THEY put the
> current contracts and regulations together. Virtually EVERY opposition
> in every part of the hemisphere will make similar grumblings, usually
> much louder in the US, but once in government its ALWAYS a different
> story.
>
> ‘Public opinion’ is irrelevant to investment. When people invest, most
> don’t even LOOK at public opinion, its so irrelevant. Windsor Energy
> just extended their contract into a five year lease, and they are
> universally reviled in New Brunswick. What do they care, they live in
> Ontario!
>
> I don’t need to put myself into the place of a malaysian company -the
> Fraser Institute for MANY years has ranked New Brunswick as the BEST
> place for mining, and gas extraction falls along the same lines. THAT
> is the kind of stuff investors look at. Do you think the chinese don’t
> know that there are lots of public protests against oil sands
> development? Do you think they care?
>
> Now, again, in one area I think we may agree, and that is that the New
> Brunswick government has been dragging its feet on its ‘new’
> regulations, and obviously that may affect investment. But again,
> protestors have been clamouring for those regulations for YEARS.
>
> Anybody that thinks that if ANY company came to NB and wanted to
> develop shale gas that Alward wouldn’t roll out the red carpet is, to
> my mind, delusional. There is only ONE company the government can even
> get interested, and so they basically handed them thousands of
> hectares all around Fredericton hoping they’d find something
> somewhere.
>
> But to be blunt, some people expect it to be like with the Irvings-if
> the government hasn’t basically promised a blank slate with virtually
> no oversight then they aren’t being ‘business friendly’ enough. Fine
> if you think that, but don’t be surprised when the majority (or at
> least a fair sized minority) don’t agree with you.
>
> And again, it comes down to reality-you can’t sell what you don’t
> have, and its even harder to sell it when its a commodity that nobody
> particularly needs. There was ONE study that made, to my mind, crazy
> claims about how much gas NB was sitting on. Since then all the tests
> have come back negative, and one large partner pulled the plug. Now,
> MAYBE, its a conspiracy and companies have found that gas but are
> waiting til the glut dies down,but again, that has nothing to do with
> the government. Alward knows that jobs ALWAYS trump environmentalism
> in New Brunswick.
>
> mikel says:
> December 30, 2012 at 3:15 pm
> Not sure what happened, maybe my comment is still there but it seems
> to have disappeared.
>
> I’ll make this shorter. To Tony, the Fraser Institute has ranked New
> Brunswick as the BEST place for mining companies for quite a few
> years. Gas extraction falls under similar guidelines. Apart from the
> delay in regulations, there is NO evidence that the NB government is
> not fanatic about shale gas investment. Everything they say indicates
> their support.
>
> As for investment, that goes where companies make money, not where
> they are loved-particularly in the resource sector.
>
> Tony says:
> December 31, 2012 at 12:33 am
> @mikel
> I don’t have much time to answer all your points, so I will comment on
> only a few of them:
>
> “it comes down to reality-you can’t sell what you don’t have, and its
> even harder to sell it when its a commodity that nobody particularly
> needs.”
>> That’s a great point. I am not familiar with the studies about shale gas
>> in NB so I will have to rely on your argument.
>
> “the Fraser Institute for MANY years has ranked New Brunswick as the
> BEST place for mining, and gas extraction falls along the same lines”
>> The Fraser Institute is a totally unreliable source. They will say that
>> from anyone willing to bring tax rates close to zero. We all know that a
>> good investment environment goes well beyond low taxes.
>
> “Do you think the chinese don’t know that there are lots of public
> protests against oil sands development? Do you think they care?”
>> The Chinese are investing on the oil sands for strategic reasons. They
>> want to satisfy the U.S. energy needs with North American oil so they
>> don’t have to compete with the Americans in other parts of the world. I
>> personally also think that they are after know-how (technical and
>> Western-style business).
>
> “‘Public opinion’ is irrelevant to investment.”
>> I disagree. Public opinion is very important where governments are weak
>> and/or change too often. New Brunswick is a textbook case. If you are
>> going to invest, say, $100 million in a project in NB, you want to be sure
>> that the regulatory environment is going to remain stable regardless of
>> who is in power.
>
> mikel says:
> December 31, 2012 at 12:05 pm
> A couple of good points and a couple of misunderstandings. My point
> about China is only that there IS public protest, but that doesn’t
> mean they aren’t keen to invest. The Fraser Institute certainly has
> its biases, but its something business pay more attention to than,
> say, internet forums. There are people who will ‘publicly protest’
> virtually ANY development. And NB’s tax rate isn’t that much lower
> than many places, certainly not better than places like Columbia. What
> it has offered is stability, lack of enforcement, and ‘public opinion’
> that basically says “if there’s a job in it, we’ll do it”.
>
> The regulations are certainly the standout point, and if we were
> talking about ANY other issue it would make sense. But again, I don’t
> think ANY royalties have been paid for the past two years because the
> price of natural gas is so low. So when you have no profits, you don’t
> pay many royalties.
>
> The point is that it would be VERY different if natural gas WERE
> found. I have suspicions that the initial tests that ‘found more gas
> than is in Alberta’ are, shall we say, less than accurate. I’d just
> like to remind people that about ten years ago a ‘natural gas boom’
> was predicted for Prince Edward Island. It turned out to be a con job
> which ended up costing islanders big money that they invested.
>
> I WILL agree that the current wait on the new regulations is not
> something that helps, however, businesses are quite used to dealing
> with governnent. NO regulatory environment ‘stays stable’ for long,
> and unfortunately for the theme of this blog, investment doesn’t tend
> to stay nearly as long. The days when company X will come in and build
> a factory and stay there for generations is lONG gone.
>
> By the way, in NB its FAR more ‘stable’ given the fact that in the US
> most states and localities have numerous challenges they can use to
> combat those regulations. In many states citizens can draft a
> referendum on fracking, banning it entirely if THEY want. Many towns
> have to have referenda before development even begins. And an
> extremely litigious society like the US means lawsuits can come from
> almost any quarter. A place like NB has NONE of those problems. Its
> VERY difficult to sue anybody for anything in NB, and a majority
> government essentially has dictatorial powers for four years.
>
> Amin says:
> December 31, 2012 at 7:35 pm
> NB lacks leadership with respect to resource development. The people
> lack the will and determination to be self sufficient. Look at BC,
> Alberta, Saskatchewan or Newfoundland ….all successful provinces due
> to resource development. Wake up New Brunswick!!! Your people leave
> your province and migrate to the mentioned provinces to develop their
> natural resources (including fracing).
>
> Once again NB will miss out on a great opportunity to move ahead.
> Hopefully the equilization payments remain intact…..but for how long!
>
> mikel says:
> December 31, 2012 at 8:34 pm
> Well, here’s just one sample from Alwards ‘year end review’.
>
> “the year ahead will largely determine whether new resource
> development opportunities in New Brunswick will come to fruition – a
> prospect the Tory government is pitching as a linchpin in reviving the
> province’s economy.”
>
> “That’s why we are so focused on resource development,” Alward said
>
> “If you look at the provinces in Canada that are prosperous: British
> Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador, we have
> some of those same opportunities whether it’s natural gas
> development…”
>
> That’s just from ONE interview.
>
> Amin says:
> December 31, 2012 at 10:07 pm
> Mikel,
> you appear to be against resource development. Alward is all talk with
> little leadership ability and no track record. Look at Ralph Klein or
> Danny Williams….great leaders and their time in office proved them to
> have vision. Their results shut up hypocrites. NB flips back and forth
> between the parties …..politicians play politics. No one really cares
> about the future of NB.
>
> Good luck with the deficit and pray that the federal government
> continues the equilization payments.
> I am from Alberta and hope we stop paying!!! Oilsands and Fraccing
> (Natgas) are fine by me…we’ve only been doing it safely for decades.
>
> Calgary, AB
>
> Khalid Amin says:
> December 31, 2012 at 10:19 pm
> Mikel,
> I have read several posts from you regarding the Windsor Energy situation.
> You certainly DO NOT have your facts straight. Windsor Energy DID NOT
> violate any law.
> Read the regulations!!! We had permits from DNR and NB Highways Dept.
> not to mention RCMP escort.
> Minister Northrup played politics with the file for his personal
> political gain. Maybe he should read the regulations.
>
> We received our 5 year lease after spending over $5million for our work
> plan.
>
> Regards,
>
> Khalid Amin
> President and CEO
> Windsor Energy Inc.
> Calgary, Alberta
>
> mikel says:
> January 1, 2013 at 3:12 pm
> IF I’ve ever said Windsor broke the law then its from a media report
> (its in numerous headlines-one from the RCMP). Not only have I read
> the regulations I was regularly posting them on the CBC forums. But if
> you are who you say you are, then you must know you are partially
> responsible for the need to change the regulations, which is part of
> the problem.
>
> If Seismotion didn’t need Sussex’s permission then there was no reason
> to contact them and ask for it and making them look stupid-which for a
> politician is easy to accomplish, but not easy to admit. However,
> since I HAVE read the regulations then I can say just how badly it is
> worded, and why there is ample room for different interpretations, and
> why they need to be changed (I can post them here if anybody is
> interested).
>
> Since you are reading this, we might as well ask-WHY are you still in
> New Brunswick since you have such a low opinion of the place? I
> suspect its because you either make money or think you will make
> money. IF the regulations are so terrible and the people are so stupid
> and the politicians are so bad, then why invest in New Brunswick AT
> ALL?? That just proves my point that I’m making to Tony-that public
> opinion simply doesn’t enter into it (and your comments here don’t
> help).
>
> On the point of ‘vision’, I really don’t agree, but I’m glad you
> brought it up. There is now a court case in Alberta from a woman who
> is a consultant in the energy sector and ‘claims’ that her well was
> poisoned by fracking. According to her, within days of going public
> she had at least 50 other people who reported the same problem, but
> really had no recourse since the Albertan Department of the
> Environment says it really has no obligation to look out for the wells
> of landowners.
>
> People forget that Canada has about the worst media concentration in
> the industrialized world, so the story “hey everything is great out
> west” is often touted as evidence that fracking is perfectly fine.
> Just because people don’t HEAR about problems, doesn’t mean they don’t
> exist.
>
> Its ludicrous to call it resource DEVELOPMENT. You don’t ‘develop’
> gas, you extract it and then you sell it. It is resource EXTRACTION.
> But you make the point well-what we know is that once people have jobs
> and an industry like the oilsands or offshore oil is flourishing, it
> is next to impossible to get governments to listen. Which means it
> makes perfect sense for anti fracking protestors to be so active NOW
> to dissuade it.
>
> Tony says:
> January 2, 2013 at 7:21 pm
> @mikel
> You may want to see this. According to CAPP, it is estimated that the
> New Brunswick shale gas play holds more than 70 Tcf. That is not a
> small amount.
> http://www.capp.ca/getdoc.
>
> Tony says:
> January 2, 2013 at 7:32 pm
> @mikel
> You may want to see this. According to CAPP, it is estimated that the
> New Brunswick shale gas play holds more than 70 Tcf. That is not a
> small amount.
> http://www.capp.ca/getdoc.
> While somebody may/will argue that only a fraction of it is
> economically recoverable, the whole point of exploratory drilling is
> to answer this question. And let’s not forget that jurisdictions like
> Alberta get a good amount of revenue from their land leases.
>
> mikel says:
> January 3, 2013 at 12:29 pm
> They don’t say where that estimate comes from-from my reading it seems
> to be a couple of tests ages ago and extrapolated. Since those tests
> were done a series of other tests showed almost NO gas (one company
> even pulled out). As for leases, most of the area where gas is
> expected has ALREADY been leased so no more money is expected.
>
> Actually, at this point its INSANE to be even talking about gas since
> the price is so low-I think most of the companies are looking for oil
> anyway. The Corridor ‘corridor’ in the second quarter of last year
> contributed a grand total of ZERO dollars to the government.
>
> Maine is currently seeing record low energy prices because years ago
> they were smart enough to build natural gas power plants. IF NB had
> done the same then YOU could have dirt cheap power right now by
> SHIPPING IN gas, not talking about how to ship out a dirt cheap
> commodity that may or may not be there.
>
> I know thats irrelevant NOW, but the point is, that was a possibility
> discussed a DECADE ago, but instead it was decided to redesign for
> orimulsion, and rebuild Lepreau. THAT is your government-the people
> who, I hate to be so critical, but who were SO stupid they didn’t
> provide for cost overruns in a contract for a redevelopment that had
> never been attempted before!
>
> Frankly, while many of the claims of protestors are absurd and
> hyperbolic, I think its far more insane when people who are MUCH more
> educated than many of the rural protestors come out against these
> people, who if anything have been proven RIGHT in almost all their
> claims.
>
> For more on that I just have to mention my research into that Alberta
> case, which does seem pretty specious now. What appears to be the case
> in Alberta though, is that the government has found that most people’s
> wells are old and don’t stand up well to the surrounding gas
> extraction. In short, it is the well itself which is the problem. Now,
> an EASY fix for that, but one which is never discussed, is for those
> same energy companies to simply come in and fix up people’s wells to
> higher standards. Of course they refuse to do that, and then there are
> problems, and the government says “aha, the problem is your crappy
> well, not the energy company”. In reality, BOTH have a point.
>
> Khalid Amin says:
> January 3, 2013 at 3:14 pm
> If you have read the regulations you would know that this is what is
> states:
>
> GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION
> 17(1)A geophysical permittee shall not work
> (a)within the bounds of a municipality unless the consent in writing
> of the municipal authority is obtained; or
> (b)within any highway right of way unless the consent in writing of
> the District Transportation Engineer is obtained.
>
> ONLY in NB, OR is “interpreted” and maybe or include the municipality.
> My understanding of the language is that you do this OR that! so you
> get the municipality consent OR get highways consent!
>
> Why did the RCMP return the file to DNR so quickly?
>
> Yes sad but true….NB is a terrible place to do business as evident by
> the lack of commerce and people leaving the province. Look at the
> Fraser Institute report and please enjoy the comments at the end of
> the report.
>
> New Brunswick tumbled to 10th place from seventh to become the
> worst-ranked province in this year’s survey. New Brunswick’s poor
> showing is related to the manner in which regulations governing
> exploration and development of shale gas resources are being
> administered and uncertainty over the environmental regulations that
> will apply to a shale gas industry.
>
> “To top it off, concerns over anti-development activism in New
> Brunswick have increased since a company pursuing shale gas activities
> was vandalized last summer,” Angevine said.
>
> http://www.fraserinstitute.
>
> mikel says:
> January 3, 2013 at 8:23 pm
> However, the highway was within the bounds of a municipality which
> means Section (a) applies-you can’t have an ‘or’ when BOTH of the
> conditions apply. And when I say “don’t touch these cookies OR
> muffins” what it means is “don’t touch these cookies AND muffins” (you
> can’t come back and eat the cookies and say its OK because there was
> an ‘or’ in there and you didn’t eat the muffins). Those twisted
> semantics are why the regulations need work, and the fact that the
> subcontractor requested a meeting to get permission shows that YOUR
> subcontractor agrees with this different interpretation than yours.
>
> As for why it was sent back, like I said, your interpretation is
> reasonable, and like the police said, in the regulations there
> actually aren’t any penalties for breaking the regulations. All it
> says is that the minister can order a work crew to stop working until
> he’s satisfied. Combine that with a court case and its pretty clear
> why. And again, having regulations with NO penalties kind of seems
> like a good reason to revamp the regulations.
>
> As for Fraser, heck, even on this pro development blog there is almost
> universal derision for the Fraser Institute by readers! But again, in
> that one area we all agree-nobody wants ‘uncertainty’, and protestors
> have been clamouring for the new regulations for YEARS now. However,
> its very doubtful its the same regulations that industry wants
> (ie.none).
>
> Most of the study is complete balderdash, many oil companies happily
> expand in corrupt locales, even take advantage of that corruption.
> Heck, Alberta shares its rating space with Israel for petes sake.
> There is a reason that number one in their survey is ‘fiscal’-namely
> royalty and tax structures. Yet the study itself doesn’t mention a
> SINGLE royalty or tax rate, only executives ‘feelings’ about them.
>
> Just to point out a couple of bits, one of the only fiscal related
> subjects is on taxation,where companies said how likely they were to
> invest based on taxation levels-numbered one to five. NB had the
> second HIGHEST number who would invest, only to Saskatchewan. And
> something like 80% were in the top two. Strangely enough 20% were at
> five, which was ‘would not invest because of this issue’. So here we
> are talking about ONE industry, and 80% of respondents think NB either
> encourages or does not deter investment in its tax policies, yet 20%
> ‘would not invest’ due to this same issue.
>
> Most oil executives taking part in the study probably know next to
> ZERO about NB, let alone every other country in the world which is
> part of this ‘survey’. It’s interesting to note that somewhere around
> 10% of respondents gave NB a ‘five’ (would not invest because of this
> reason) for virtually EVERY category. For heavens sake, 13% would not
> invest because of ‘political instability’, as if the people were going
> to overthrow the government-a number higher than every middle eastern
> country but four, almost as high as Iraq-and even higher than Quebec!
>
> For security it seems two incidents of vandalism are enough to make
> 25% of respondents ‘not invest’, more than TWICE the number that would
> not invest in Pakistan, even though the Taliban has threatened to blow
> up pipelines and kidnap oil executuves!
>
> So, you’ll forgive us if we discount Fraser in favour of a little more
> tangible accounting. After all, despite all your negative thoughts
> about New Brunswick, here you are with a five year contract, when 90%
> of those survey respondents probably couldn’t find New Brunswick on a
> map.
>
> Tony says:
> January 4, 2013 at 4:11 am
> @mikel
> I will get to your points when I get some time to do it over the
> weekend. In the meantime, there is a question that has been lingering
> in my mind for sometime (I read David’s columns sporadically and I
> always see your comments): what do YOU think New Brunswick should do
> to promote economic development? It’s very easy to play the devil’s
> advocate (I do it very often myself), but the province needs some
> creative ideas.
> (Disclaimer: I lived in NB for three years and came back to Alberta
> four years ago. I used to be against the equalization system but now I
> think that it actually subsidizes the health and education of people
> who end up coming to work to Alberta anyway. I am not very optimistic
> about the Atlantic region myself but I would love to see the culture
> of dependency overcome — for the good of Canada).
>
> mikel says:
> January 4, 2013 at 12:39 pm
> I just listened to the Current this morning and thought I’d compare it
> with Fraser’s little ‘study’. If you missed the Current today you
> should check it out. It seems that Ecuador is the ONLY constitution in
> the world where ‘nature’ has constitutional rights. That means the
> right to exist in its ‘natural form’.
>
> Now, that’s quite an extreme proposition I think you’ll agree. If you
> live in New Brunswick, you’ll also notice that the environment is not
> exactly high on the government’s agenda. Recently a new map of
> wetlands was released which opens up huge new areas for exploration,
> and as said above, the environmental regulations under which
> exploration happens have NO penalties. A company could break every
> regulation in the Act and be gone by the time a Minister showed up to
> ‘stop work’.
>
> However, according to Fraser’s survey, 42% of oil executives think
> Ecuadors government either encourages or does not deter investment,
> and only 4% would not invest in Ecuador due to environmental reasons.
> And this despite the fact that their environment has constitutional
> protection!
>
> In New Brunswick, where just that IDEA would have people laughing in
> the streets and legislature, 0% think the government encourages
> investment in its environmental regulations. And 30% WOULD NOT INVEST
> in New Brunswick because of its environmental regulations. Compared to
> only 20% who would not invest in Quebec-even though Quebec has a
> moratorium in place, and is virtually the ONLY place in North America,
> perhaps the world, which has actually looked at the condition of
> capped wells.
>
> I’m glad Mr. Amin posted that link, its VERY instructive for New
> Brunswickers to know just how poorly the province ranks-and why. Since
> he asked to pay particular attention to the comments for some reason,
> here’s my perspective:
>
> “New Brunswick crazies are destroying seismic equipment with no ap
> parent legal consequences.”
>
> This even though a man was arrested and charged almost immediately
> after the vandalism occurred, and this despite the fact that equipment
> was apparantly left with no security, and despite the fact that
> vandalism in the province increased right across the board.
>
> “Singularly unfair and corrupt government”
>
> Not sure what this pertains to, its usually the ‘crazies’ who use the
> term ‘corrupt’. I notice the NDP has evidence that Corridor Resources
> and Southwestern Energy BOTH made contributions to both political
> parties during the last election, so obviously not ALL energy
> companies are afraid of dealing with a ‘corrupt’ government.
>
> “Bureaucracy capable of making arbitrary and unilateral decisions that
> can virtually destroy a company’s oil and gas exploration activ ities”
>
> That COULD pertain to Mr.Amin’s own experience where the government
> was bandying about the idea of not granting the five year license.
> That’s a valid point, but ANY government is ‘capable’ of that kind of
> arbitrariness, and the license WAS granted.
>
> mikel says:
> January 5, 2013 at 11:31 am
> Tony-its really irrelevant what I would do, as you’ve seen from the
> comments from Mr. Amin, its even irrelevant what a major investor
> would do as far as public policy goes (and it tends to sidetrack the
> conversation).
>
> All a blog can do is TALK about the issue and hopefully bring out some
> points that readers may have missed and have a reasonable dialogue,
> something sorely lacking in NB. While David’s blog is invaluable, on
> this issue, without the comments, his blog pretty much reads like a
> press release from the Canadian Petroleum Institute. And like the blog
> title says: “words matter”.
>
> On your other point I think we agree. Even forgetting equalization,
> years ago I did a quick study adding up the retirement costs of people
> moving BACK to NB to retire, and the educational costs of New
> Brunswickers who went to Alberta-all thanks to data from Mr. Campbell
> I seem to recall.
>
> Anyway, by my accounting at the time, not only did it balance out the
> equalization payments, but it SURPASSED them. In short, it can easily
> be argued that Alberta OWES money to New Brunswick for basically
> paying the social costs of its labour force. And that didn’t even
> include the costs for those families where one member goes out west
> and the other stays behind to raise the kids, which is a substancial
> number I’m sure (and doesn’t even RAISE the social issues that may be
> involved from the stress a divided family may entail). It was quite
> some time ago so I don’t remember details, and to be fair it probably
> included more than just Alberta. However, equalization really is only
> a TINY amount when you think about it. Two billion seems a lot for NB,
> but for the rest of Canada it doesn’t even amount to the cost of ONE
> subsidy to oil companies out west.
>
> mikel says:
> January 5, 2013 at 2:19 pm
> Just some more on equalization, since two albertans have brought it up
> and we know what the arguments look like, some numbers add some
> perspective. Math is not my strong suit so somebody can let me know
> anywhere I went wrong.
>
> There were just over 200,000 census families in NB two years ago.
> The MEDIAN income for family income in NB was just over $60,000 (I use
> median because it seems more useful than ‘average’).
> The federal rate of taxation on income is 15% on the first $42,000,
> 22% on the next amount.
> 15% of 42,000 is 6300
> 22% of (60,000-42,000) 18,000=3960
> 6300+3960=$10,260 total FEDERAL tax paid per family
>
> $10,260 multiplied by 200,000 equals $2.05 billion dollars.
>
> Those numbers have increased since then, but for that year anyway,
> that is virtually identical to the amount that New Brunswick received
> in equalization payments. Now, maybe that federal tax already includes
> an amount for NB so its more than that, but I don’t know.
>
> Maybe I’m missing something, but technically this means that ‘Alberta’
> or ANY western province, is not ‘paying’ New Brunswick anything, it
> simply means federal tax payments FROM New Brunswickers are being
> recycled from the feds BACK to the province. I’m no economist, so
> maybe somebody else can take a crack at the figures.
>
> The other issue regarding shale gas is that NB is such a financial
> basket case that it NEEDS the industry ‘no matter what the cost’.
> Readers may remember a CBC report last fall from economists who
> pointed out that IF the Graham tax cuts were reversed, cuts that
> overwhelmingly benefitted the top 10% earners (90% of the savings went
> to them), then that would account for THREE QUARTERS of this year’s
> budget deficit.
>
> So clearly NB is not quite the basket case its made out to be, but its
> poor public policy that leads to most of these conclusions (and given
> the fact that government is in charge of such bad public policy, you
> should at least recognize where protestors are coming from).
>
> Khalid Amin says:
> January 6, 2013 at 1:09 am
> Mikel,
> Good rebuttal inparticularly with the Fraser Institute report.
> However your read of the regs is completely incorrect. The mistake is
> that highways are owned and managed by the New Brunswick highways
> corporation. The highway is expropriated land and the municipality has
> no authority regarding the highway. This is why the act is written
> like this. Highways are not the same as DOT roads.
> The second point is that the RCMP charges people IF a law is violated.
> They don’t care if there is a fine or not. They can also forward to
> the crown counsel for prosecution.
> Windsor had RCMP escort and NBHC flag personal on the highway line.
> One would assume the RCMP wouldn’t have “helped” Windsor violate any act?
> I called the investigating officer who said no laws were broken,
> Windsor had all its documents.
> This leads me to the third point, why would a Minister of natural
> resources come down hard on a company that is spending money in NB to
> benefit new brunswickers?
> He made several comments about Windsor and how they did this and that
> blah blah blah but ultimately he gave Windsor the lease. What a joke
> of a minister. I believe his profession is being a drycleaner.
> Normally a few calls would have been made between the parties and
> everyone would have vented their positions and everyone get on with
> their lives. Why the theatrics
> What you don’t know is that 6 months early SWN actually did violate
> the same law by drilling shot holes within crown land within the
> municipality. The minister and staff covered it up. WHAT A GREAT
> REGULATOR. Question is why? Is the law the same for everyone in NB.
>
> Regarding the economy, this blog has many good articles about it and
> the future of NB.
> We are a resource based society. The provinces which understand and
> accept this are flourishing the others are whining. NB is a whinner.
>
> Look at the deals happening in bc with chevron buyin 50% of Kitimat
> LNG, Chinese and Malaysians buying shale assets in Alberta and Exxon
> Mobil announcing development of Hibernia. What a windfall for the
> supply chain and Canada’s economy. Even the Feds understand that we
> need capital and new markets for our future.
> Jump on board orove out of the way New Brunswick!!!!
> Enough of the NIMBY attitude and the green everything hypocracy.
> Canada has resources and develops them well.
> Btw no one wants to “rape and pillage” NB resources. Everyone need to
> make a fair profit for this to work. New Brunswick will need to
> compete for capital GLOBALLY!!!!
>
> Good luck you’ll need it.
>
> Khalid Amin says:
> January 6, 2013 at 3:29 am
> Here are the supporting links to various information;
>
> http://thepurplevioletpressnb.
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/
>
> http://business.financialpost.
>
> How much capital is being invested in NB ??? nearly nil in the energy
> sector. Cheap and secure energy attracts other business.
>
> Here is an idea…prove up and develop the 80Trillion …yes TRILLION
> cubic feet (needs $1 billion high risk capital to prove up ) and pipe
> it to the Repsol/Irving LNG plant ..(change the flow of course) and
> VIOLA New Brunswick beats Chevron, Alberta and BC at shipping gas to
> Asia. If your are really sharp, do a Danny Williams deal buy NB a
> small piece of the pie …sell you gas to Asia for $12mcf rather than
> the $3.50mcf in North America. Hell lets charge New York and
> Pennyslyvania an nice fee to ship their Marcellus shale gas to Asia.
> The USA will be self sufficient re Energy requirements within a couple
> of decade because of shale production. WE, Canadians will NEED to find
> another customer(s) NOW!!!
>
> How is that for a business opportunity or just cry and whine about it
> because the welfare cheque will be here next month.
>
> mikel says:
> January 7, 2013 at 1:09 pm
> I know I’m beating a dead horse here, but I just had to add a kicker
> against Mr. Amin’s notion of ‘vision’.
>
> Newfoundland’s current debt level is $9 billion dollars, even though
> it has a population only three quarters the size of NB. New
> Brunswick’s debt is supposed to be $10 billion, for 755,000 people
> compared to just over 500,000 for NFLD. And this is WITH NFLD’s oil.
> To be fair, royalties dropped this year because of maintenance and
> refits, but still.
>
> What is most worrying is that NB’s debt is increasing, while NFLD’s
> has been decreasing (12 billion in 2004). However, it may be different
> once (if) Lepreau goes back online and they can start selling power
> again, or importing less, and again, hate to keep repeating myself,
> but when bad public policy is staring you in the face-IF the people
> can really start making demands and Alward axes Graham’s tax cuts,
> then clearly the notion of ‘vision’ really doesn’t cover finances.
>
> I DO think Danny Williams had ‘vision’, but probably for the opposite
> reason others do-he actually had the balls to stand up to resource
> companies.
>
> Khalid Amin says:
> January 8, 2013 at 7:37 pm
> What happen to Nfld once the Hibernia production starts….
> The revenue side of the equation must be looked at as well as the expense
> side.
> The deficit we know and will continue to grow, what is NB going to do
> about creating real revenues??
> The Government talks about resource development, shale gas development
> etc but are clued out. They people dont want anything to do with
> resources but want services blah blah blah
> Chicken and egg …development theories.
> Good luck NB
>
> mikel says:
> January 9, 2013 at 10:50 pm
> I think we all agree on that, but not necessarily on the solution.
> Like I said, redact Graham’s tax breaks to the wealthy and the
> ‘revenue’ from that accounts for two thirds of the deficit. In NB its
> only going to get worse since the Alward government is phasing in a
> phase out of the provincial portion of property taxes on apartments
> and second homes. Just the apartment part of that equation accounts
> for at least $60 million.
>
> While they are ‘clueless’ I am not sure that is true. IF the
> province’s books were so bad then surely upping the tax on the wealthy
> is not out of line. I suspect they are getting their ideas from the
> Reagan years-namely, starve the revenue side of the equation so that
> you can push cuts, privatization, and natural gas or other resource
> industries because “we’re all going to die if we don’t”. They’ve
> already refused medical equipment which Saint John requested, and now
> announced a private medical service in Moncton.
>
> But again, look at Hibernia-Newfoundland had great surpluses for a
> number of years, but it turns out that much of that was due to the
> Atlantic Accord and other federal payments which have now ended. The
> rest, like in Alberta, all depends on the price of oil, which
> fluctuates very highly, and doesn’t always pay off.
>
> The final lines are WAY too general a comment. What we know is that a
> very vocal minority of NBers have a problem with it (and SHOULD), but
> what ‘the people want’ is very much a mystery. And to say that New
> Brunswickers don’t want anything to do with resources is BEYOND funny.
> Clearly you are not from there or know even a LITTLE about the
> province. If it didn’t have civil servants and teachers as members,
> the conservation council wouldn’t even exist, and barely does now. Go
> take a look at Google Earth sometime and narrow down to the level
> where you can see the treeline and then start scanning around the
> province to see the state of the forests. Anybody that looks at that
> and thinks preserving natural resources is even on provincial radar is
> a loony.
>
> Will says:
> January 21, 2013 at 10:42 pm
> Wow people are blaming corporate investment instead of the fear
> mongering shale gas opponents and residents who are against change. No
> wonder we’re a poor province.
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